Anaïs Mitchell

Come September
autumn's ashes, summer's emberson the sidewalk come septembersuddenly i can't rememberany lessons learnednow that i'm a migrant pickertrouble-minded tin can kickeri wish my skin was thickerthe air has turnedi can live alone, i saidi can make my lonesome bedi don't need a hole in my headi don't need a loverbut he took me by surprisei fell down and saw him risetil he was larger in my eyesthan any otherhow suddenly the summer diedi couldn't bring it back to lifei couldn't sing it back to lifebut i triedi came to him in summer clothingi came to him because i chose himcame to find his fingers frozenSongtextehe would not reach for mecame to him for his sweet songcame to him for right or wrongcame to find his heart belongedto one that came before mehow suddenly the sweetness diedi couldn't bring it back to lifei couldn't sing it back to lifebut i triedautumn's ashes, summer's emberson the sidewalk come septembersuddenly i can't rememberany lessons learnednow that i'm a migrant pickertrouble-minded tin can kickeri wish my skin was thickerthe air has turned Aus Songtexte Mania