That September by Paul Buckberry (writer)

Lyrics

That September,
When you called to say good-bye,
I still remember
Before you started to cry.
You said, “Please don’t forget me...if I don’t come home.
I’ll love you forever” - then you hung up the phone...

I still remember.

All that we had
Can’t be measured by the loss.
The whole thing’s so sad,
No one will ever count the cost -
And it feels like landing, just short of understanding
The burning embers of a world we were planning...
Before September,
I still remember.

I speak your name to the sky,
I shed another tear,
Cause every time I look that way it feels like you’re still here.
And I know I’m not alone,
I hear you say it plain:
No flood will ever drown our love or ever quell the flame -
And it makes me strong...
And I carry on
Like I remember,
Before September.

That September,
That message on my phone.
I still remember;
It was there when I got home.
And you were running out of time, but it’s all you thought to do
Your heart was on the line, but Babe, you got that message thru:
“I love you” -
And I remember...

I speak your name to the sky,
I shed another tear,
Cause every time I look that way it feels like you’re still here.
And I know I’m not alone,
I hear you say it plain:
No flood will ever drown our love or ever quell the flame -
And it makes me strong...
And I carry on
Like I remember...

And I know I’m not alone,
I hear you say it plain:
No flood will ever drown our love or ever quell the flame -
And it makes me strong,
And I carry on
Like I remember,
Before September.

“I love you” -
And I’ll remember,
Long...long after that September.