Wishing It Was April Again

In 1975 at the ripe old age 0f 20 I wrote a song about heartbreak and desire called Wishing It Was April Again.
Here it is at a recent performance;


Lyrics:
Verse 1 DEAD LEAVES
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUTUMN
SITTING ON THIS BENCH
STARING AT THAT COLD NOVEMBER SUN

Chorus WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN

Verse 2 SNOW BOUND
STUCK INSIDE SO WARM AND COZY
LOOKING AT THE SNOW
PEOPLE’S FACES ARE THE COLOR OF ROSES

Chorus WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN

Bridge BUILDING CHARACTER AFTER ALL THOSE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT
ANOTHER MORNING COMES AND
WINTER HAS TURNED INTO

Verse3 APRIL DAYS
YEARS ADD UP CONSECUTIVELY
EVERYTHING IS GREEN
BUT I’M STILL ALL ALONE

Chorus WISHING SHE WAS HERE AGAIN
WISHING SHE WAS HERE AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN
WISHING IT WAS APRIL
WISHING IT WAS APRIL- OH
WISHING IT WAS APRIL AGAIN

The song has changed over the years but what you hear and see is 95% the way I wrote it 32 years ago. I was somewhat proud to be able to get the word "consecutively" to fit nicely into the lyric as well.

In discussing the opening grabbing line - I went back and forth about "Dead Leaves...." I often thought maybe I should say "fallen Leaves" but Dead Leaves gives more of the loneliness and emotion I was feeling when I wrote the song so I kept it in.

One lyrical tool songwriters use to denote passing time is either the calendar (Calendar Girls by Neil Sedaca or I just called to say I loved you by Stevie Wonder) or to count down numbers....
I chose to use the seasons to describe the passing of time and loneliness - a technique I would borrow 30 years later in a song called "Gently Falls" (to be analyzed later)

The song is not about a girl named April - however I attempted to write it so that impression could be made. It indeed is about losing love in the month of April - and wishing I could go back in time.

In the bridge I try to rationalize what has happened and how the loneliness makes me stronger only to find out winter has passed and it is almost a year later.....

Though this has always been a personal favorite song of mine I have been pleasantly surprised at the audience response to it when I perform it in public.

Let me know what you think of "Wishing It Was April Again"!
All the best
Arnybarn