Everything Was Beautiful - Janis Ian

Did you hear the swallow?

He was calling out your name

He was saying that the winter’s almost over

Fortune’s on the wing

And now that spring is here

You will be leaving

Paint the sky in blue

And the colors that are you

Softly fade away

It’s a dim horizon

My eyes are getting old

I’ll see you in the winter

When it’s cold

The weather’s always changing here

Without the seasons

Life would be so bare

Did you hear the swallow

He was telling you

It’s time to go

Everything was beautiful

Nothing hurt

It didn’t even rain

They tell me people sometimes forget

What it’s like to be alone

But I know that I’ll remember

When you’re gone