Leaving October

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Verse 
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The autumn leaves they rush outside my window 
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Like they've got something so important they must do 
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Sara will be home now any minute 
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She likes her third grade teacher and looks so much like you 
 
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I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway 
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I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent 
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It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me 
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I think Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind 


[Refrão]
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I'm just fine until the end of September 
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Then I remember losing you October '89 
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But if I live in the past, there's no future 
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I'm looking forward to leaving October behind 
 
 
Verse 
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There's a girl I really like down at the office 
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Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve 
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It made me cry when I told her all about us 
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But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me 
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It just takes time 


[Refrão]
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I'm just fine until the end of September  
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Then I remember losing you October '89 
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But if I live in the past, there's no future 
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I'm looking forward to leaving October behind 
 
 
Bridge 
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All things work for good 
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Has become my favorite verse 
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Sara told me that they would 
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But when the nights get cold 
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And the leaves turn rust and gold 
 
That's when your memory hurts 
 
 
Solo  G  D  C  D 
 
Chorus 
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I'm just fine until the end of September 
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Then I remember losing you October '89 
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But if I live in the past, there's no future 
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I'm looking forward to leaving October behind 
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I'm looking forward to leaving October behind