Southern winter's past and gone
I once was young and I once was strong
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Sixty-five I've felt memories
Buckled to your sweet release
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Five times tried to conjure you
Another memory, old old clue
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
Even though you're come and gone
In a box of cedar
Forty-four years you courted I
Your raven hair, your brittle bride
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Three more times I tried to find it
Another tune that's your sweet kind
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
Even though you're come and gone
In a box of cedar
[sing-song]
What am I to fill these rooms
I make it want the drop of you
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Southern winter's past and gone
I once was young and I once was strong
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
