David Thomas Broughton - Been a While lyrics

I asked the winter, the winter he said, “I may have chilled you but I don't wish you dead”. I ask the spring, the spring she done said, “I may have soaked you but I don't wish you dead”. Then why do I lay here in the ground? I asked the summer the summer she said “I may have baked you but I don't wish you dead” I ask the autumn, the autumn he said, “I may leave you naked, but I don't wish you dead”. Then why do I lay here in the ground?