When I was young I lived in a world of dreams
Of moods and myths and illusionary schemes
Though now I'm much more grown up
I fear that I must own up
To the fact that I'm in doubt of
What the modern cynics shout of
"They Say It's Spring" as sung by Blossom Dearie
(Words and Music by Marty Clark and Bob Haymes)
As I walked past my garden on the way to work this morning, Ms. Dearie's breathily airy vocals were playing in my mind and I gratefully realized that although "green shoots" were physically in evidence everywhere, the media has mercifully ceased employing the phrase at every possible
