September When It Comes
By Rosanne Cash

Capo 4

          Bm              G      D
There's a cross above the baby's bed
  A             Bm
A savior in her dreams
G                 D 
But she was not delivered then
        A           Bm
And the baby became me
          Bm               G        D  
There's a light inside the darkened room
  A               Bm
A footstep on the stair
G                D
A door that I forever close
   A                    D
To leave those memories there
G                 Em 
When the shadows lengthen
G             Em
Into a copper sun
              Bm               G       D
First there's summer then I'll let you in
A                 Bm 
September when it comes


  Bm               G          D   
I plan to crawl outside these walls
A                 Bm
Close my eyes and see
    G             D
And fall into the heart and arms 
A                     Bm
Of those who wait for me
Bm              G        D  
I cannot move a mountain now
A               Bm 
I can no longer run
G               D
I cannot be who I was then
     A           D
In a way I never was
G                     Em
I watch the clouds go sailing
G                     Em
I watch the clock and sun
  Bm             G       D
I watch myself depending on
   A              Bm 
September when it comes


G                Em 
When the shadows lengthen 
G                 Em 
And burn away the past
          Bm             G     D
They will fly me like an angel to 
  A                 Bm
A place where I can rest
G                     D
When this begins I'll let you in
A                 Bm
September when it comes