🎼 "When the Summer Goes" — Poet

🎼 "When the Summer Goes" — Poet (Motown-Soul Ballad | BPM 92 | Key: G Minor | Tone: Warm, aching, nostalgic) [🎧 Production Notes (Motown Style) Drums: Tight snare, rimshots on 2 + 4, syncopated kick, tambourine accent on chorus. Bass: Walking groove, melodic but anchoring, James Jamerson style. Horns: Section of trumpets, trombone, and sax — stabs in verses, full blast in chorus. Keys: Rhodes piano with soft gospel organ swells in the bridge. Strings: Light arrangement in verses, swelling in pre-chorus + outro. Backing Vocals: 3-part Motown harmonies (alto, tenor, soprano), with gospel choir layering on bridge + final chorus. Poet’s Vocals: Smoky, aching delivery with soaring highs in chorus, intimate spoken intro, gospel cry in bridge.] Lyrics + Arrangement [Intro – Spoken, soft over strings] (Poet, wistful) Mmm… you can feel it, can’t you? The sun leans low, the air grows slow… And summer whispers her goodbye. [Verse 1] (🎷 muted sax riffing, light hi-hat shuffle) The days grow short, the nights turn long, But I can still hear Summer’s song. Her golden hands, they slip away, But Autumn holds me, tells me stay. [Pre-Chorus] (✨ Motown backing vox, call + response) 🌹 Poet: The warmth is fading, 🎶 Backups: Still the leaves are trading— 🌹 Poet: Green for fire, gold for red, 🎶 Backups: A crown of glory overhead. [Chorus] (full horns, tambourine, gospel harmonies) When the Summer goes 🎶 (don’t you cry, don’t you cry) There’s a beauty that the Autumn shows 🎶 (let it shine, let it shine) Though my heart aches, watching sunlight fade, There’s a love in the harvest, the fire she made. [Verse 2] (steady bass groove, piano chords lift) Barefoot nights and ocean skies, Gone with Summer’s last goodbyes. But cider warms and laughter glows, In every ember, Autumn knows. [Pre-Chorus] 🌹 Poet: The breeze is colder, 🎶 Backups: But the world grows bolder— 🌹 Poet: Every leaf, a lover’s flame, 🎶 Backups: Seasons change but hearts remain. [Chorus] When the Summer goes 🎶 (don’t you cry, don’t you cry) There’s a beauty that the Autumn shows 🎶 (let it shine, let it shine) Though my heart aches, watching sunlight fade, There’s a love in the harvest, the fire she made. [Bridge – Breakdown] (drum stop, claps + gospel choir swell) Mmmm… yeah! 🍂 Goodbye, July… But September, hold me tight! Oh, the chill don’t scare me now, ‘Cause the Autumn lifts me high— Oh, higher, higher, higher! [Final Chorus – Double Time Motown Push] (🎺 blasting horns, tambourine on every beat, choir rises) When the Summer goes 🎶 (don’t you cry, don’t you cry) There’s a beauty that the Autumn shows 🎶 (let it shine, let it shine) Though my heart aches, watching sunlight fade, There’s a love in the harvest, the fire she made. [Outro – Fading ad-libs with choir] 🌹 Poet (ad-libs): “Mmm, I feel it, yeah…” “Summer’s gone, Autumn come…” “Ohhh, higher, higher, higher…” (Choir: “Let it shine, let it shine…”) (Fades out with horns + vibraphone)