He came down throught fields of green<br>On the summer side of life<br>His love was ripe<br>There were no illusions<br>On the summer side of life<br>Only tenderness<br>And if you saw him now<br>You'd wonder why he would cry<br>The whole day long<br><br>There were young girls everywhere<br>On the summer side of life<br>The talked all night<br>To the young men that they knew<br>On the summer side of life<br>Goin' off to fight<br><br>And if you saw them now<br>You'd wonder why they would cry<br>The whole day long<br><br>He came down through field of green<br>On the summer side of life<br>He prayed all night<br>Then he walked into a house<br>Where love had been misplaced<br>His chance to waste<br><br>And if you saw him now<br>You'd wonder why he would cry<br>The whole day long