Several years ago, when I heard Seasons in the Sun for the first time, I fell in love with it. I was addicted into her rhythm, singer's beautiful voice. At that time I didn't think over its lyrics, or its meaning. Just a kinda pure charming. So many years going on, today I listen to it once more, knowing the story behind it, I have a complete different feeling. If you tasted it attentively, you would be touched deeply.

It is said that this song is from a French chanson, which was finished by the famous composer Jacques Brel in 1961. Three years later, it was written in English named as Seasons in the Sun. Until 1873, Canadian singer Terry Jacks sang and made a hit in Canada and America.

It is a will. The author say goodbye to his lover, friends, papa, daughter who have ever share joy and sadness with him.

It is really an old story. Three persons, we call them A、B、C for the moment. In the countryside in the 1950s, they were classmates of a high school. A and C were good friends from the Childhood. B was a beautiful girl. It's easy to guess what happened in this kinda story. A and C fell in love with B at the same time. A was that kind of sunny, active, handsome boy. He was a jock, beloved by many young girls. He lived a happy and simple life. And the other way around, C was coy, withdrawn, good at drawing. He had been in loved with B for a long time before A & B were together. But nobody knew. It was be hidden deeply into his heart. After graduation, A joined the army, and C became a carpenter. One day after war, A came back to marry B, and then he was a cargo driver ... Of course A often went out for living. B ran the grocery store left by her grandma, so much need to be done. Naturally, C loaded the responsability of taking care of the mother and daughter. After a long time, it was just like what we imagined. A knew nothing about it because of his character, in addition to his love to wife, trust in friend. Until one snowy day, A went home on the half way, all came out in the wash. The whole things came to obvious ... Facing the betray, A was out of control and killed them. Deep into night, A gave himself up to police. Two months later, he was sentenced to first-degree murder. The death penalty would be done in early spring the next year. On the 3rd day before death, A wrote 3 passages, one for his best friend C, one for his father, the last for his four-year-old daughter. At the last minute of his life, he still regarded C as his best, believable friend.

Goodbye to you my trusted friend 

We've known each other since we were nine or ten 

Together we've climbed hills and trees 

Learned of love and ABC's 

Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees 

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die 

When all the birds are singing in the sky 

Now that spring is in the air 

Pretty girls are everywhere 

Think of me and I'll be there 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time 

Goodbye Papa please pray for me 

I was the black sheep of the family 

You tried to teach me right from wrong 

Too much wine and too much song 

Wonder how I got along 

Goodbye papa it's hard to die 

When all the birds are singing in the sky 

Now that the spring is in the air 

Little children everywhere 

When you see them I'll be there

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone 

Goodbye Michelle my little one 

You gave me love and helped me find the sun 

And every time that I was down 

You would always come around 

And get my feet back on the ground 

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die 

When all the birds are singing in the sky 

Now that the spring is in the air

With the flowers everywhere 

I wish that we could both be there 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time 

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun 

But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone