If You Were Coming In The Fall
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If you were coming in the fall
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smiC7le and half a spuDrn
As housewives do a flG7y. C7 D
If I could seG7e you in a year
I'd wind the months in balls
And put them eaC7ch in separate drDawers
Until their time befaG7lls. C7 D
If only ceBmnturies delayed
I'd count them oEmn my haCnd
Subtracting tiGll my fingers droDpped
Into Van Diemen's laGnd.
If certain whBmen this life was out
That yours and miEmne should bCe
I'd toss it yoGnder like a riDnd
And taste eteGrnity.
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But now all iG7gnorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing
It goads me liC7ke the goblin beDe
That will not state its stiG7ng C7 D
If only ceBmnturies delayed
I'd count them oEmn my haCnd
Subtracting tiGll my fingers droDpped
Into Van Diemen's laGnd.
If certain whBmen this life was out
That yours and miEmne should bCe
I'd toss it yoGnder like a riDnd
And taste eteGrnity.