when will i get my chance to make the lilacs bloom
 to decorate the tomb with petals from the groom
 who cried "the circumstance could never be assumed"
 it's hard to say, it's hard to say

 when will i get my chance to burn the shoulders of
 the women and the men who dance when theyre in love
 who give into romance like hands give into gloves
 it's hard to say, it's hard to say
 when will i get my chance to watch autumn leaves fall
 to make babies crawl to windowsills and all to watch the colors change
and some children are so strange, some children are so strange

 when will i get my chance to watch autumn leaves fall
 to make babies crawl to windowsills and all to watch the colors change
 and some children are so strange, some children are so strange
 When will I get my chance to put you in a trance?
 A-watchin all the snow that's fallin'
 Even though it never lets you down
 Never makes a sound
It's hard to say, it's hard