How the time passed away, all the trouble that we gave
And all those days we spent out by the lake
Has it all gone to waste? All the promises we made
One by one they vanish just the same

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end

Now it all seems so clear, there's nothing left to fear
So we made our way by finding what was real
Now the days are so long that summer's moving on
We reach for something that's already gone, yeah

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end

Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town (we knew we had to leave this town)
But we never knew when and we never knew how (we never knew how)
We would end up here the way we are
Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town (we knew we had to leave this town)
But we never knew when and we never knew how (we never knew how)

Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain

In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end


Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong

September Lyrics as written by Joshua Earl Steely Christopher A. Daughtry

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    This song has so much meaning for me. I have only ever had one girlfriend and we met and hung out for the first time in the middle of September (the 14th to be exact). Although it was just a little under two years ago, I still long for those days of September to come back. It was such an amazing time; raw, pure, mysterious emotion.

    "Now the days are so long that summer's moving on, We reach for something that's already gone." I still think about that day in September all the time. I am searching for something that is already gone. All I want is to go back, but the days are gone forever.

    "The years go by and time just seems to fly by, But the memories remain" Time will not slow down and with each passing day that day in September bacomes embedded ever more deeply in the past. However, I will always have the memories. I will cling to them forever.

    YouAreWorthTheWaiton July 18, 2009   Link

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