One September

[Verse 1]

There was a September long ago,

when I was young and you were mine.

We walked through forests hand in hand,

beneath those September skies.

You put your jacket on the ground,

and pulled me close beneath the trees.

You kissed me like tomorrow

was a lifetime meant for you and me.

You brushed the little ants away,

and laughed when I began to smile.

I never knew a heart could fall

that hard in such a little while.

[Chorus]

Oh, what I wouldn’t give

to see you again.

Just once more in my life,

just once more back then.

If I could have one September,

one night beneath that moon,

I’d give away these fifty years

just to be there with you.

[Verse 2]

You couldn’t get inside the disco,

so you climbed across the roof.

I was waiting there inside for you,

and you had something left to prove.

You found me in that crowded room,

and I remember how you smiled.

You took my hand and led me out,

and I was yours for quite a while.

Then came those nights with your guitar,

inside that little smoky club.

You sang a song just meant for me,

and I knew that I was loved.

“I want to spend my life

with a girl like you…”

Oh, I believed you then.

And I still remember you.

[Chorus]

Oh, what I wouldn’t give

to see you again.

To hear that old guitar

and be seventeen again.

If I could have one September,

one night beneath that moon,

I’d give away these fifty years

just to be there with you.

[Bridge]

So tell me, where are you tonight?

What kind of life did you go find?

Do you ever stop beneath the stars

and wonder what became of mine?

Do you remember that young girl

who couldn’t get enough of you?

She grew older, she lived her life…

but she never stopped loving you.

[Break]

Fifty years…

Can you believe it’s been that long?

Fifty years…

and somehow the feeling’s still so strong.

[Final Chorus]

Oh, what I wouldn’t give

to see you again.

Just one more walk through those woods,

just one more summer wind.

I’d tell you what I never.