Bobby Goldsboro performs "Autumn of My Life"

"Autumn of My Life" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he released in 1968. The song spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 19,while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,No. 12 on Record World's "100 Top Pops",No. 1 on Record World's "Top Non-Rock" chart, No. 11 on Canada's RPM 100, No. 2 on RPM's Country Chart, and No. 18 on Australia's Go-Set National Top 40.

Bobby Goldsboro - Autumn of My Life Lyrics

In the Spring of my life, she came to me

She brought sunshine where winter winds had blown

Then I took her for my wife, in the spring of my life

And she brought me a joy I never known

And the years, they went by in the spring of my life

And in summer, she blessed me with a child

Love continued to grow, in the summer of my life

And in every morning sun I saw her smile

But in the autumn of my years, I noticed the tears

And I knew our life was in the past

Though I tried to pretend, I knew it was the end

For the autumn of my life had come at last

Now what, what do you say to a child of ten?

How do you tell him his daddy's going away?

Do I tell him that I reached the autumn of my life

And that he'll understand some winter's day?

Now the rose can't be found on a snow covered ground

And the Sun can not shine through cloudy skies

But I'm richer you see for the years she gave to me

And I'm content in the autumn of my life