Dang! After all that, I messed up the line-continuation characters. Here, this one works.

X:5
T:Deciduous Lives
C:M. Parrott/G. Papavgeris
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:100
K:C
G/ED|C>CF(G/A/)|G>GED|C(D/E/)FG|D>DE>F|GCFE|DCD2|
w:1.A loved one's life, a with-ered* leaf. With pain and loss and* fear and \
grief Why do we bud and grow, to fall and die?
%w:2.We dance in winds of life and* pow-er Liv-ing ev'-ry* gif-ted \
%hour,* Shine with bright-est wis-dom near our end
%w:3.Would you give up your pain and* grief For safe-ty as a* pressed dry \
%leaf E-mo-tion-less and brit-tle on a page?
zGED|CCF(G/A/)|G>GED|C(D/E/)FG|D>DE>F|GCFE|DCC2|
w:Up-raised in green and ten-der* youth To catch the sun and* find our \
truth, Sweet strength re-pays the ones who lift us high.
%w:When wind-torn young, or age-worn* leaves In tum-bling, crum-bling* mem-o- \
%ries Make soil to feed next sea-son's growth a-gain.
%w:A per-fect bloom is one that's* due To die each year and* bloom a- \
%new, Re-new-ing year by year and age by age.
P:Refrain:
G(A/B/)c>z|d(c/A/)G2|EDC>z|FGD2|G(A/B/)c>E|F(G/A/)G>F|(E/F/)G(F/E/)D|Cz/|]
w:Leaves de-* cay,and for-ests* burn, Moun-tains riseand crum-ble too. \
No-thing's* lost: they will re-*turn Each one* giving life* a-new.