How Sad How Lovely

How sad, how lovely

How short, how sweet

To see the sunset at the end of the street

And the day gathered in to a single light

And the shallows rising

From the brim of the night

Too few, too few are the days that will hold your face

Your face in a blaze of cold

How sad, how lovely

How short, how sweet

To see the sunset at the end of the street

And the lights going on in the shops and the bars

And the lovers looking for the first little signs

Like life, like your smile, like the fall of leaf

How sad, how lovely, how sweet