SEASONS IN THE SUN

Jacques Brel

English Lyric: Terry Jacks

Publishers: SARRAL Intersong

Goodbye to you my trusted friend / we’ve

known each other since we were nine or ten

together we’ve climbed hills and trees

learned of love and ABC’s / skinned our

hearts and skinned our knees

Goodbye my friend it’s hard to die / when

all the birds are singing in the sky / now

that the spring is in the air / pretty

girls are everywhere / think of me and I’ll

be there

We had joy we had fun / we had seasons

in the sun / but the hills we could

climb / were just seasons out of time

Goodbye Papa please pray for me / I was

the black sheep of the family / you tried

to teach me right from wrong / too much

wine and too much song / wonder how I

got along?

Goodbye Papa it’s hard to die / when all

the birds are singing in the sky / now

that the spring is everywhere / little

children everywhere / when you see them

I’ll be there

We had joy we had fun / we had seasons

in the Sun / but the wine and the song

like the seasons have all gone

Goodbye Michelle my little one / you

gave me love and helped me find the sun

and every time when I was down / you

would always come around / and get my

feet back on the ground

Goodbye Michelle it’s hard to die

when all the birds are singing in the

sky / now that the spring is in the

air / with your flowers everywhere / I

wish that we could both be there / We

had joy we had fun / we had seasons in

the sun / but the stars we could reach

were just starfish on the beach / We had

joy we had fun / we had seasons in the

sun / but the wine and the song / like

the seasons have all gone