Leaving October

The autumn leaves they rush outside my window

Like they've got something so important they must do

Sara will be home now any minute

She likes her third grade teacher and looks

So much like you

I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway

I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent

It's just another thing that brings

Your memory back to me

I think that Sara knows I'm troubled

By that scent, she reads my mind

I'm just fine 'til the end of September

Then I remember losing you October '89

If I live in the past, there's no future

I'm looking forward to leaving October behind

There's a girl I really like down at the office

Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve

It made me cry when I told her all about us

But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me

It just takes time

I'm just fine 'til the end of September

Then I remember losing you October '89

If I live in the past, there's no future

I'm looking forward to leaving October behind

All things work for good

Has become my favorite verse

Sara told me that they would

But when the nights get cold

And the leaves turn rust and gold

That's when your memory hurts

I'm just fine 'til the end of September

Then I remember losing you October '89

If I live in the past, there's no future

I'm looking forward to leaving October behind