Tulips In The Spring - Brooks Williams

When the days grow shorter and the north wind blows

We plant bulbs under trees

Along the house, out by the road

We have a vision for the Spring

No one knows what the future brings

Looking for tulips in the Spring

We dig our holes not too deep and not too close

And lay the earth carefully aside

With chilled fingers and dirt on our knees

We plant the bulbs and go inside

No one knows what the future brings

Looking for tulips in the Spring

When winter comes with its sleet and its snow

We look out on the yard

Through the frosted windowpane

We try to keep it warm inside

No one knows what the future brings

Looking for tulips in the Spring

If there’s one thing I could tell my child

If there’s one thing I could learn myself

Little in life seems to mean much more

Than watching for tulips in the Spring

No one knows what the future brings

Looking for tulips in the Spring

No one knows what the future brings

Looking for tulips in the Spring