It is on Dan Fogelberg's album High Country Snows released in 1985-I have this CD
This album was a seminal part of Progressive Bluegrass, or "Newgrass", and featured many bluegrass star players
Dan Fogelberg – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, electric guitar, handclaps
Michael Hanna – Yamaha DX7 synthesizer
Barry "Byrd" Burton – dobro
Emory Gordy Jr. – bass
Russ Kunkel – drums, tambourine, handclaps
Dan Murakami – handclaps
Recorded at The Bennett House - Franklin, TN
Art Direction and Design – Ron Larson and John Kosh
Photography – Joel Bernstein
I play guitar and sing this song too
Linda lost her lover
in the early part of autumn
And she moved out to the country hoping all would be forgotten
The last time that I saw her she was making sure the winter
Wouldn’t come through that old door frame
Where the door is several inches from the ground, the cold hard ground
And it’s hard to
go down easy
And it’s hard to keep from crying
And it’s hard to lose a lover in the early part of autumn
Well she learned to
cook the meals and she learned to start the fire
And she learned to make jewelry out of stones and precious metals
She sits down to the table with her friends and several others
And she tries real hard to never be alone
And it’s hard to
go down easy
And it’s hard to keep from crying
And it’s hard to lose a lover in the early part of autumn
Now the winter wind
blows cold upon a fair and gentle soul
And she feels as if her time is passing easy
Her friends are sometimes lovers, though they’ll always be another
She thinks about when the night time lays on down
And it’s hard to
go down easy
And it’s hard to keep from crying
And it’s hard to lose a lover in the early part of autumn
And it’s hard to
go down easy
And it’s hard to keep from crying
And it’s hard to lose a lover in the early part of autumn
~~~ Jay Bolotin ~~~
