Come down to the shoulder Forgiving and wide Everybody's growing hoarser From talking at the same time That mean old general's just retired Away on some lake And all the people that started fires Had a downpour last week And the snakes at your heels Are now coiled and asleep Tonight Look on Look on All of this will be gone Look on Look on Nothing ever lasts for long By and by Everything that you know Know to be true Is green and black Or brown and blue And stares back at you So here's to bushels, cords, and bales And landscapes hung in rooms German shepherd Goldenrod And the Strawberry Moon Oh, the fawn that is always born Knowing what to do Look on Look on All of this will be gone Look on Look on Nothing ever lasts for long By and by