Green To Gold

F C F C F C So, summer's on the outs, G Dm Cicadas swim around the house, F C Crickets clicking down the block, Am G We are on an early morning walk. F C No one's up, and no cars on the street, G Dm Hiding from an unrelenting heat, F C Sun is climbing out from underneath, Am Dm G Lighting up and roasting tired leaves. F C G Dm Green to gold, going green to gold, F C Am G Green to gold, going green to gold. F C G Dm F C Am G F C A breeze blew in and autumn came to town, G Dm Branches bare, the leaves rest on the ground, F C All that summer worked to bud and bloom, Am G Only to be swept up by a broom. F C An uninvited frost formed overnight, G Dm By early afternoon, we're losing light, F C Now they're saying two, three feet of snow, Am G The reading dips to ten degrees below. F C Morning's bright, the ancient ice withdraws, G Dm I take one step and the ground begins to thaw, F C Tiny grasses spring up 'round my shoe, Am G Eager bits of green start peeking through. F C Seedlings turn to chutes and shoot up high, G Dm Thunderclouds hold hostage summer sky, F C Concrete's hot with fire it can't contain, Am G We sit in front of fans and wait for rain. F C And just like that, summer's on the outs, G Dm Cicadas swim around the house, F C Crickets clicking down the block, Am G While we are on an early morning walk. F C G Dm Green to gold, going green to gold, F C Am G Green to gold, going green to gold, F C G Dm Green to gold, going green to gold, F C Am G Green to gold, going green to gold. F C G Dm F C Am G F C G Dm F C Am G F C G Dm Green to gold, going green to gold, F C Am G Green to gold, going green to gold, F C G Dm Green to gold, going green to gold, F C Am G Green to gold, going green to gold. F C