**(Spoken Intro)**
September second... The city is sleeping...
The summer is over... Yeah-eah!
One! Two! Check it out!
**(Verse 1)**
Second of September, wet and cold cement,
Summer's gone now, it's a touch of blue.
I made my coffee, but the feelings
All our crazy nights are left behind.
Like they turned the movie screen machine
Off inside my lonely heart and mind.
**(Chorus — оба голоса, гармония)**
It's the autumn time, the rain is falling down *(down, down)*
On the empty streets of this forgotten town *(yeah-eah!)*
Leaves are getting dry up on the neon sign,
Summer love is dead, you're no longer mine.
Second of September puts an end to all,
To our golden ticket, to our summer ball.
And the wind is playing with the traffic light,
Washing out the sunshine from the endless night!
**(Verse 2 — Томас Андерс)**
Do you remember how the August burned?
We were hiding in the lovers' shade.
It was so easy when the tables turned,
Now your sweet memory is slowly fading.
A yellow leaf falls down upon the ground,
Dancing for the last time in the breeze.
This new September has no loving sound,
Just the silent echo in the trees.
**(Chorus)
It's the autumn time, the rain is falling down *(down, down)*
On the empty streets of this forgotten town *(yeah-eah!)*
Leaves are getting dry up on the neon sign,
Summer love is dead, you're no longer mine.
Second of September puts an end to all,
To our golden ticket, to our summer ball.
And the wind is playing with the traffic light,
Washing out the sunshine from the endless night!
**(Bridge — Rap/Dramatic Spoken part — Дитер Болен)**
Don't cry, baby, don't be sad tonight.
*(Thomas: Don't be sad...)*
Love is like a shadow in the pouring rain.
You go your way, I'll go my way,
Under the grey sky we have nothing to say.
No regrets, girl, just turn off the light...
'Cause our Cheri Cheri Lady is out of sight!
**(Final Chorus)**
It's the autumn time, the rain is falling down *(falling down!)*
In this broken city, in this lonely town!
Leaves are getting dry up on the neon sign,
But I know I'll find a brand new valentine!
Second of September closes up the page,
Turning into music all our youth and rage.
And my heart is beating like a drum machine,
You're just a face inside a faded magazine!
Second of September...
(Dry leaves...)
Goodbye...
*(Fade out)*
