not truly warm

the sun tells quite a story but it lies

if you think it is warm then you're a dope

autumn is pleasant only to the eyes

there are so many things we must advise

that you should follow since you have to cope

the sun tells quite a story but it lies

each of our choices this we must surmise

has led you to the very end of rope

autumn is pleasant only to the eyes

thus you have seen the old year as it dies

winter is coming and there's time to mope

the sun tells quite a story but it lies

white clouds against the pale blue of these skies

urge us just to give up and to elope

autumn is pleasant only to the eyes

someone might speak of harvest as the prize

of fruit and seed and coming spring of hope

the sun tells quite a story but it lies

autumn is pleasant only to the eyes