AUTUMN

Autumn was originally a completely different song, but not feeling quite satisfied by it, I scrapped the whole thing and tried again. This version was Frankenstein’d from parts of a song I was writing for a musical, which you can hear below. The lyrics were written by Dayle Barnett, and string orchestrations by Patrick Ng. People have really gotten on board the Autumn train over the years, and I think we’ve all slowly come around to it.

Music by Brandon Young
Lyrics by Dayle Barnett

AUTUMN. look at you: ragged and pale but still so beautiful / oh, here’s something new / rags to riches, you were no one and now the world knows you / dear girl, the healer yet no one was there to fix you / we’ve found you now / take my hand, this world is your home, it’s waiting for you / oh~ follow me, dancing along these streets / as the autumn breeze fills the air / and when the music ends you will still be my friend / stroll with me under the golden trees / as the chimney smoke fills the air / now we’ll lay in the sun before the cold winds come / oh~ / look at you: bright eyes that hide a dark past / so cautious and curious / things you’ve seen that can’t be forgotten so easily / oh girl, you’ve been so brave / you’ve come so far alone now / let us hold you and heal you, there’s nothing to fear anymore / oh~ follow me, dancing along these streets / as the autumn breeze fills the air / and when the music ends you will still be my friend / stroll with me by the clear blue stream / see it ebb and flow just like the way fortunes change in life / now we’ll lay in the sun before the cold winds come / oh~ / come dear, your soul is lost and broken / dear child, we’ll hold you close and strong / tonight the kerosene burns brightly / rest your eyes as the nights grow long / you’re where you belong / oh~ follow me, dancing along these streets / as the autumn breeze fills the air / and when the music ends you will still be my friend / stroll with me under the golden trees / so free and oh so fair, swaying in the chimney air / now we’ll lay in the sun before the cold winds come / oh~

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