We met in the springtime   When blossoms unfold   The pastures were green   And the meadows were gold      Our love was in flower   As summer grew on   A love like the leaves   Has withered and gone      The roses have faded   There?s frost at my door   The birds in the morning   Don?t sing anymore      The grass in the valley   Has started to die   And out in the darkness   The whippets will cry      Alone and forsaken   By fate and by man   Oh Lord, if you hear me   Please hold to my hand   Oh, please understand      Where has she gone to   Oh, where can she be   She may have forsaken   Some other like me      She promised to honor   To love and obey   Each vow was a plaything   That she threw away      The darkness is falling   The sky has turned gray   A hound in the distance   Is starting to bay      I wonder, I wonder   What she?s thinkin' of   Forsaken, forgotten   Without any love      Alone and forsaken   By fate and by man   Oh Lord, if you hear me   Please hold to my hand   Oh, please understand   Oh, please understand