Verse 1
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The Spring rain
and the winters snow
sometimes are intermixed;
that is why we wait
for the lilacs to return.
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Verse 2
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For then we know
that the Winter is gone
with Summer and Fall
still to come we await
or do we really care.
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Verse 3
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Thus are feelings
felt one to another
intermixed with the lilacs
as in all of our lives
there are seasons of time.
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Verse 4
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So we have to measure
carefully words spoken
as to not mis-represent
the love of a friend
for the love of more.
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Verse 5
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As when it is raining
and snowing in the Spring
are we still in Winter
or has it past as this
storm too will disappear?
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Verse 6
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Why is it wrong to obey
the second great commandment
from one friend to another
yet it is correct to love
the stranger we've never met?
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Verse 7
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Why is the love pure and innocent
considered between a sister
and a brother more evil
than that of strangers
in the foyer hall?
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Verse 8
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Intermixed are our feelings
when we've loved so ardent
yet to be so close to others
is always on the edge
of man's carnal self.
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Verse 9
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So if I say I love you
do you perceive me a liar
or an old man with warmth
too share with others
amid the flock for safety?
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Verse 10
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Is it really the Spring rain
just now I feel among
the flurries of Winters
last hurrah and our days
and the lilacs tell the truth?
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