Summer's Almost Over Lyrics - Defying Gravity - Wheeler Cheryl

Summer's almost over and I'm crying but I don't know why 

Sentimental old fool, weeping for this blue, blue sky 

And the way the cat is sleeping and the way the garden grew 

Wagging dogs who lick my face and the way I feel for you 

Paddling in the kayaks, with my sister, through the quiet creek 

Moon upon the water and the river breeze upon my cheek 

And the way my Father shuffles with his courage and his cane 

And the way September bluffs and feints till autumn falls again 

Oh summer's almost over and I'm crying but I don't know why 

A party for my birthday and a tractor for my 50 years 

Swallows at their bird play spin and dive above the new mown fields 

And a week in Colorado reading books with my best friend 

And the thing I knew I couldn't do and now I know I can 

Who could help but welcome autumn and the promise of the winter snow? 

Still there's something sweet and wistful as I watch this lovely summer go 

But the sun is sinking sooner and the weeds have won at last 

With the berries on the bushes and the crickets in the grass 

Oh summer's almost over and I'm crying but I don't know why