September Rain

They played "The Star Spangled Banner"

We laid a blanket on the grass

My heart burst like fireworks 

When you kissed me back

Rockets of red and gold

Blossomed in the sky

I felt like I might explode

When you said that you'd be mine

We loved through summer nights, laughed away those lazy days

Did our best to forget what we couldn't change 

September rain was comin' and I was goin' away

And you were gonna stay

There was a lake just out of town

We'd build a bonfire on the beach

Watch the sparks rise to the stars 

Floatin' outta reach

I remember you took my hand

And put it on your knee

Told me that you wanted

The first time to be with me

We loved through summer nights, laughed away those lazy days

Did our best to forget what we couldn't change 

September rain was comin' and I was goin' away

And you were gonna stay

You cried the last time we made love

And I held you all night long

Stayed awake to try and make it last 

In the morning I'd be gone

We loved through summer nights, laughed away those lazy days

Did our best to forget what we couldn't change 

September rain was comin' and I was goin' away

And you were gonna stay

September rain was comin' and I was goin' away

And you were gonna stay