Rings of grass, crowns of flowers
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  Furs that are woven of whispering hours
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  
  She's gone away where the rings are real
  And the furs have a warmth that a woman can feel
  And 'round and 'round, around goes the wheel
  And she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
  
  Rings of grass, crowns of flowers
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  Castles of sand with seashell towers
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  
  She's gone away where the dreams are small
  But the castles are rock and they never fall
  And left me here to live among all
  That is gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
  
  Rings of grass why do they die away?
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  Whispering hours where do they fly away?
  Gone, gone, gone, gone
  
  And where's the wisdom to understand
  That years will crumble all castles of sand
  And the flowers and grass turn brown in our hands
  When it's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone