At the ticking of the sun On the green bellied mountains I'm staring high in the sky In the breeze I can taste The fragrance of his moment And I take a deep breath Then the breeze picks up his bags And blows on over my shoulder That's life, this life We're running out of time But the time is still behind us And tomorrow cuts the dawn that's the law And the spirit of the past Still lingers in surroundings I'm the owner of my mind and I know The spirit of Autumn Past Yesterday the sun shone on the party And everybody shone at the sun But now I'm alone and the sky turns grey There's a ghost across the wind We're running out of time But the time is still behind us And tomorrow cuts the dawn that's the law And the spirit of the past Still lingers in surroundings I'm the owner of my mind and I know The spirit of Autumn Past You and me and all of us From the dying stars to the dreams of children We're all together now We're running out of time But the time is still behind us And tomorrow cuts the dawn that's the law And the spirit of the past Still lingers in surroundings I'm the owner of my mind and I know The spirit of Autumn Past We're running out of time But the time is still behind us And tomorrow cuts the dawn that's the law And the spirit of the past Will echo through your hallways And the walls you leave behind Will breath your life The Spirit of autumn past