Rings of grass, crowns of flowers   Gone, gone, gone, gone   Furs that are woven of whispering hours   Gone, gone, gone, gone      She's gone away where the rings are real   And the furs have a warmth that a woman can feel   And 'round and 'round, around goes the wheel   And she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone      Rings of grass, crowns of flowers   Gone, gone, gone, gone   Castles of sand with seashell towers   Gone, gone, gone, gone      She's gone away where the dreams are small   But the castles are rock and they never fall   And left me here to live among all   That is gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone      Rings of grass why do they die away?   Gone, gone, gone, gone   Whispering hours where do they fly away?   Gone, gone, gone, gone      And where's the wisdom to understand   That years will crumble all castles of sand   And the flowers and grass turn brown in our hands   When it's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone