as i stepped out one morning in the springtime of the year i made my way down to the railway station to watch the trains go passing by go and tell my sister not to do as i have done go and tell my mother what has happened to her son oh oh in the springtime in the springtime oh oh in the springtime of the year from too much love of living find myself a misery and i will give a brief thanksgiving to whatever you may be go and tell my sister not to do as i have done go and tell my mother what has happened to her son oh oh in the springtime in the springtime oh oh in the springtime of the year oh oh in the springtime in the springtime oh oh in the springtime of the year