When the winter comes the sun is low upon the fields   The sky is cold and it throws down icy snow   The lakes are glass the rivers all a frozen mass   The trees are bare and the northwind blows the air      But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring   When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings      Then the sun comes high and the spring rains come and go   The summer air so hot it melts the Russian snow   The fields are brown there's no rain to make them grow   And the old ones sigh, the heat has made them tired and slow      But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring   When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings   The children dance and sing as if the time were spring   When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings      September leaves are falling through the autumn haze   And the school bells tell everyone there'll be no more summer days   Warm nights are gone, all the leaves are turning brown   Then the windows close again when the winter comes around      But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring   When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings   So I will laugh and dance and watch the children sing   Then I will have the chance of finding joy in everything