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September

from Sweet Anne's Road by Jim Sharkey

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I used to teach children with autism and was at a fundraiser in 2014 when I met a young girl who sang a song with me at the event. She asked if I'd come to the next fundraiser and unfortunatly I didn't get to go. The following year I met her out at a restaurant and got to talking with her. She asked me to come to the upcoming fundraiser in September and I said I would. As I left the restaurant she shouted over "I'll see you in September!" That phrase stuck with me and so I wrote this song about my daughter's leaving home for the first time. We lived in Maine then so there are a few Maine references in the song.

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SEPTEMBER
written by Jim Sharkey

I'll see you in September
when the leaves are turning on the trees
Your face will be one of splendor
Your soft voice so welcome and dear

Life grows cold here in New England
the wood fires glow and warm the nights
As the hummingbird and the woodcock leaves us
The first frost spikes the silent light

I watch the boats in Winter Harbor
The heaving waves and the weight of time
The lobster buoys bind their treasures
They swing and sway with the ocean tide

I'll see you in September
when the leaves are falling from the trees
Your face will be one of splendor
Your soft voice so welcome and dear

Oh, my daughter, I can summon
so many pictures from the years
The joy, and gladness, the love, the sadness
The pain of life and unsettled tears

But few of those pictures summoned
Can ever match my struggles now
Watching you drive south on Main Street
My spirit crumbles and tears fall down

I'll see you in September
You must go and find your way
I will loose the aging tethers
And replace them another day

I'll see you in September
The Downeaster travels your way
We'll go find an old-fashioned diner
And walk along the south shore bay

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from Sweet Anne's Road, released October 11, 2016

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Songwriter Jim Sharkey is an Irish and Americana folk musician. Jim grew up in County Roscommon, Ireland. He plays around the northeastern US. Jim's original songs blend Irish traditional ballad influences with contemporary issues.

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