Thursday, September 1, 2011

September grass

                                                                                                                                photo, Dan Ryan 


How is it September already?  Seems as though this summer was a hot and humid head-out-of-the-car-window blur of Coppertone and iced tea. Any grass guru knows that as the as the dew points dip, the grass becomes more lush and green, and every September we make a point of lying directly on the grass, and listening to James Taylor singing September Grass to us. Click and listen to the song—aren't the lyrics perfect?


The YouTube video above was done by a fan 
of James Taylor and his song September Grass.

Well, the sun's not so hot in the sky today 
And you know I can see summertime slipping on away 
A few more geese are gone, a few more leaves turning red 
But the grass is as soft as a feather in a featherbed 
So I'll be king and you'll be queen 
Our kingdom's gonna be this little patch of green 

Won't you lie down here right now 
In this september grass 
Won't you lie down with me now 
September grass 

Oh the memory is like the sweetest pain 
Yeah, I kissed the girl at a football game 
I can still smell the sweat and the grass stains 
We walked home together. I was never the same. 

But that was a long time ago 
And where is she now? I don't know 
Won't you lie down here right now 
In this september grass 
Won't you lie down with me now 
September grass 

Oh, september grass is the sweetest kind 
It goes down easy like apple wine 
Hope you don't mind if I pour you some 
Made that much sweeter by the winter to come 

Do you see those ants dancing on a blade of grass? 
Do you know what I know? that's you and me, baby 
We're so small and the world's so vast 
We found each other down in the grass 

Won't you lie down with me right here 
September grass 
Won't you lie down with me now 
In this september grass 

Lie down 
Lie down 
Lie down 
Lie down 

Won't you lie down here right now 
In this september grass 
Won't you lie down here now 
In this september grass

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