September Starts

--- **VERSE 1** There's a chill in the air that wasn't there last week New backpacks by the door and little shoes on little feet The routine comes back easy like it never went away Something shifts inside me on that first September day And I'm glad you're here **VERSE 2** I make my coffee slower, take a minute on the porch You pull me close a little like you know what I'm moving toward Something I can't name yet but it feels like turning pages Feels like all the best things happen in these kinds of seasons With you beside me **PRE-CHORUS** They say that life starts over when it gets crisp in the fall I've been counting down the mornings till I feel it after all There's a newness in the golden that the summertime can't give September starts and suddenly I remember how to live How to live with you --- **CHORUS** September starts and the world feels like a second chance New pencils and new promises and one more golden dance The coffee's getting stronger and the light is going gold September starts and something in me wakes up from the cold And I want to feel it all with you September starts again --- **VERSE 3** I write a little list of all the things I want to do Every single item has your name woven through The kids are back to learning and the house has got a hum The best part of the year is here and here it comes And here you are *(back to pre-chorus and chorus)* --- **BRIDGE** It's not the New Year fireworks or the resolutions we forget It's the smell of something changing and the sun not risen yet It's the sweater that you reach for and the windows cracked at night It's you and me and September saying Hey come back, we're gonna be alright It's the way you hand me coffee without asking how I take it It's the way fall feels like home and you're the reason that I make it Back to myself, back to us, back to everything we love September starts and I am right where I belong --- **FINAL CHORUS** September starts and the world feels like a second chance New pencils and new promises and one more golden dance The coffee's getting stronger and the light is going gold September starts and something in me wakes up from the cold And I want to feel it all with you *(tag)* September starts again We're gonna be alright September starts again With you ---