(INTRODUCTION) September spills its golden light on us, And summer still ignites a thousand sparks, Beneath the late sun, time forgets to run, And day pretends the night will never come. (VERSE 1) By the pool, the sky flows blue across the water, And our laughter rises like a breaking wave, The sunlight rests upon our shoulders like a scarf of longing, And every moment smells of fruit and sunlight in the air. We wander through the afternoons without a care, While summer, like a queen, still asks us there If we would like one more day of dancing, song and celebration, And we simply answer “yes” with hearts alive with sunlit elation. (PRE-CHORUS) Though the days are shorter and the nights grow slowly long, The warmth still keeps its promise beneath a violet sky, And golden leaves, like little letters made of light, Add a taste of autumn to the summer holding tight. (CHORUS) Oh, late summer, stay a little longer here, With all your sunlight scattered over water and the air, Give us one more day, give us one more dance, Give our love one final chance! Oh, late summer, September dressed in bloom, You are the warmest song between the autumn and the sun, As long as there is warmth and the sky remains serene, We’ll love you, love you, love you, endlessly! (VERSE 2) At evening, the city dresses itself in light, And the breeze carries summer on a wing tonight, Beside the pool, beneath the pearly sky, A thread of sunlight lingers in everything inside. The first golden leaves come dancing down the lanes, Like little bits of confetti falling from the heavens, And autumn, still shy, gives us a gentle smile, While summer sings once more beside the window of a cloud. (PRE-CHORUS) The nights are growing longer, but our hearts refuse to sleep, And the moon lays silver on every road we keep, We cherish every moment like a sun-ripened fruit, For sometimes an ending is the sweetest celebration too. (CHORUS) Oh, late summer, stay a little longer here, With all your sunlight scattered over water and the air, Give us one more day, give us one more dance, Give our love one final chance! Oh, late summer, September dressed in bloom, You are the warmest song between the autumn and the sun, As long as there is warmth and the sky remains serene, We’ll love you, love you, love you, endlessly! (DROP) Hey! Summer’s not leaving, summer’s here to stay! Hey! The sunlight’s laughing, hearts are wide awake! September is singing, everybody’s dancing, Late summer’s dreaming, late summer’s still enchanting! Hey! Raise your hands up, the sky belongs to us! Hey! Let the moment shine, let it sparkle bright! Sun, love, light and dancing — Late summer gives us one more chance! (OUTRO) And if tomorrow brings more golden leaves our way, We’ll keep this wild September shining in our hearts, A summer stretched like an endless, beautiful dream, A song of light we sang beneath the sunlit sky. And when the evenings fall across the town, We’ll carry little pieces of the sunlight around, For summer doesn’t end when calendars say so, It ends when we forget how to enjoy the world. September, stay one moment in my eyes, With golden leaves and velvet-colored skies, May your warmth become a memory and a song, And may your late summer live in my soul forever long.
