"September Song" — Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's autumn of life.
Writer(s): anderson/weill
Oh, its a long, long while from may to december
But the days grow short when you reach september
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasnt got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, november
And these few precious days Ill spend with you
These precious days Ill spend with you
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- From Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). A man in the September of his years telling a young woman that while young men have long springs and summers to offer, his short remaining days are precious — the October overture. Sinatra sang it understanding exactly what it meant.