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Green Leaves of Summer Lyrics
A time to be reaping
A time to be sowing
The green leaves of summer are calling me home
It was good to be young then
In the season of plenty
When the catfish were jumping
As high as the sky.
A time to be living
A time to be laughing
A time to be dreaming a dream of your own
It was good to be young then
To be learning to pray
And to bless the good Lord for each wonderful day
It was good to be young then,
To be close to the Earth,
Now the green leaves of summer are calling me home.
A time to be sowing
The green leaves of summer are calling me home
It was good to be young then
In the season of plenty
When the catfish were jumping
As high as the sky.
A time to be laughing
A time to be dreaming a dream of your own
It was good to be young then
To be learning to pray
And to bless the good Lord for each wonderful day
To be close to the Earth,
Now the green leaves of summer are calling me home.
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Submitted by
teara11 On Feb 19, 2007
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This song could either be taken literally or it could be taken to mean something like a grandparent looking at his/her grandchild growing up in a cruel world that is unlike the grandparent's childhood world and he/she remembers how it was good to be young when times were good, but now the bliss is over and "the green leaves of summer" (which may refer to heaven or a return to happier times) are calling the someone away into a peaceful resting place after death.