[Intro] Rake against the fence I pick it up I set it down I let the yard Keep what it found [Verse 1] I asked for the month like a man who still thought time could move I asked for the coat, the cup, the road, the live, the true You did not hand it over You did not have to prove Some things stay kept Even when you are through So I am in the same yard with the same unfinished ground Wet color on the grass, smoke still in the wood I could finish what I started, I could scrape it down I do not I do not think I should [Pre-Chorus] If it wants to stay It can stay If it wants to go It can go its own way [Chorus] Leave the leaves Let the month lie where it fell Leave the leaves I am done making it tell Leave the leaves Do not rake a clean end If October stays messy Let it stay and not pretend [Verse 2] The sweater can keep the chair, I will walk around the wood The pictures can stay in the box, I will not open the lid County Road 19 can have me when it thinks it should I will take it I will not live in it You can tell it warm to anyone who wants the gold You can cut September, you can keep the better man I was outside the frame I can say that and not fold I can stand in a yard Without putting out my hand [Pre-Chorus] If it wants to stay It can stay If it wants to go It can go its own way [Chorus] Leave the leaves Let the month lie where it fell Leave the leaves I am done making it tell Leave the leaves Do not rake a clean end If October stays messy Let it stay and not pretend [Verse 3] I still fall for the fall when your mouth gets near the days That will not quit just because I learned the frame I can love a season And not beg it to stay I can hear you keep it And not crawl into the name So leave the pile unburned, leave the frost on the rail Leave the kettle in that kitchen talking to the late I will go inside when the light is too thin to fail I will not tidy What we could not make straight [Bridge] This is not surrender This is not a pretty peace This is a man in a yard Choosing not to police A month that was never his To finish or to keep If you kept October Keep it I will sleep [Breakdown] Don't rake Don't fix Don't shine Don't close Leave it Leave it Where the year Chose [Chorus] Leave the leaves Let the month lie where it fell Leave the leaves I am done making it tell Leave the leaves Do not rake a clean end If October stays messy Let it stay and not pretend [Final Chorus] Leave the leaves If you find me in the story, fine I will not climb back in I will not stand on the line Leave the leaves Let the yard keep what it knows I loved you in the fall And I can let it go Slow [Outro] Wind Yard Month Low I leave The leaves I leave I go
