Shade of August

YOU STAND BY YOURSELF TALL AND SILENT
YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE LIKE ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WHERE EACH DAY FINDS ITS GLORY
A PLACE WHERE TIME STANDS STILL AND RAINBOWS END

I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SOMEHOW YOU SEEM LONESOME
BUT I GUESS SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT ALONE
I’VE ALWAYS WISHED THAT YOU’D OFFER UP YOUR SECRETS
BUT NO ONE PAYS A DEBT THAT THEY DON’T OWE

WHEN MY TINY PLACE IN TIME
HAS ALL BUT SLIPPED AWAY
AND I’M JUST A MEMORY
YOU WILL REMAIN

UNDER THE SHADE OF AUGUST
A PLACE THAT I CAN ALWAYS CALL MY OWN
UNDER THE SHADE OF AUGUST
WHERE THE BITTER TRUTH OF LIFE LEAVES ME ALONE
YOU’LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME

YOURS IS ONE OF PATIENCE AND CONTENTMENT
IN QUIET SOLITUDE YOU BIDE YOUR TIME
SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
BUT THE HARDER THAT YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU FIND

YOUR ROOTS RUN DEEP INTO THIS LAND
TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF TIME
YOU’RE MORE THAN JUST A DISTANT FRIEND
MORE THAN JUST A LONESOME PINE

UNDER THE SHADE OF AUGUST
THE PLACE WHERE ALL MY DREAMS ARE FREE TO ROAM
UNDER THE SHADE OF AUGUST
A PLACE TO FIND MY HEART AND REST MY SOUL
UNTIL THE END MY SILENT FRIEND

UNDER THE SHADE OF AUGUST