When September Comes

F#6 B/F# F# B/F# F#6 D#m There's a cross above the baby's bed, C# C#6 D#m A savior in her dreams, D#m7 D#m But she was not delivered then, C# D#m And the baby became me, B F# There's a light inside the darkened room, C# D#m A footstep on the stair, B F# A door that I forever close, C# F# A#m To leave those memories there, B Fdim7 G#m F# So when the shadows lengthen, B G#m Into an evening sun, C# D#m7 C# B F# First there's summer, then I'll let you in, C# D#m September when it comes. C#6 B F# C# B F# A#m7 B F# I plan to crawl outside these walls, C# D#m Close my eyes and see, B F# And fall into the heart and arms, C# F# C# D#m C# Of those who wait for me, D#m C# B F# I cannot move a mountain now, C# D#m C# I can no longer run, B F# I cannot be who I was then, C# F# In a way I never was. B G#m F# I watch the clouds go sailing, B G#m I watch the clock and sun, D#m D#m7 C#6 A#maj7 F# Oh I watch myself depending on, C# D#m A#maj7 September when it comes. F# C# F#6 C# D#m C#6 B D#m F# C# F# B G#m F# When the shadows lengthen, B D#m7 G#m And burn away the past, D#m7 C#7 F# They will fly me like an angel to, C# D#m C# A place where I can rest, A#maj7 F# When this begins I'll let you in, C# D#m7 C# Bmaj7 F# September when it comes.