Summer Side Of Life Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sammyblue 

Cover art for Summer Side Of Life lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot

Hopeful idealism destroyed by the realities of life.

I think it's more looking back at your life......"and if you saw him now" = no longer in the summer side of life.............with regrets and sadness. There is so much hope and so much in front of you when you are young.