Story Behind The Song

Walking out in the fields one cold morning, the air had the crisp sharp smell of a September morning and I was transported back in time to September mornings walking to a new school or starting at a new college and all the feelings of nervousness,sadness and excitement all mixed together with the melancholy of approaching winter and the beauty of the autumn colours.The passage of time and eternal changing of the seasons seemed heightened at this time and the song just grew from this strong feeling.

Song Description

Feels like September is a blues song which comes from the overwhelming emotional reaction to the autumnal air and the realisation that nothing stands still and the seasons will change in a never ending cycle. September has always been a time of change and beginnings and ends, echoed by the migration of the birds to warmer places for the winter and I have tried to convey the bittersweet melancholy of autumn in this song, along with the beauty and hope of the continuation of life.

Lyrics

Smells like September
First chill of winter in the air
Feels like September
East wind is tugging at my hair
I can smell the sea, and it's calling me
Time of beginnings and ends
of goodbyes and new friends
Feels like September

Bittersweet,bittersweet
In the dying heat
the golden haze,
fading days
and the parting of ways..

You'll never come this way
You'll never see this day again

Smells like September
Traces of woodsmoke in the air
Feels like September
Grey mist is clinging to my hair
I can smell the sea, and it's calling me
Time of beginnings and ends
of goodbyes and new friends
Feels like September

So swallows take me with you
Following the sun
Make me feel like my life has just begun
Swallows take me with you
way over the sea
Make me feel like I can be anything I want to be

Bittersweet,bittersweet
the dying heat
the golden haze
fading days
and the parting of ways..

You'll never come this way
You'll never see this day again

So swallows take me with you
Following the sun
Make me feel like my life has just begun
Swallows take me with you
way over the sea
Make me feel like I can be anything I want to be

Bittersweet,bittersweet
In the dying heat
the golden haze
fading days
and the parting of ways..

You'll never come this way
You'll never see this day again

Smells like September
Smells like September

Top 10 List	Rank
Blues - Rural	#6