When the summer fled past my window   And autumn's chill was in the air   There's a special kind of lonesome   'Round that ending time of year      When the leaves fell   And they drifted 'neath the trees   That soon were bare   I felt that wind blow ever colder   And suddenly you were there      We laughed and scuffled   While the snow fell   And the cold gave your cheeks a glow   And in your arms come evening   A kind of peace I know      Often I'd wake at midnight   Mid some icy winter storm   But then I would find you beside me   And you made the night seem so warm      Now I go my way, you go your way   Now that the winter's come and gone   But somehow with the springtime   Your golden warmth still lingers on