Leaves fall in the cool October air
Days grow short and I can't remember where
I saw you last turned against the summer light
Walking off on that final August night
I was there on my knees, all alone
In a world where nothing ever stays the same
I am left with only things I cannot change
You've gone away and left me things I cannot change
Smoke will rise and the fire always burns
Sands will drift and tides will turn and I can't wrestle
with the sea rearrange the sky or fight
against the wind any more than I can bring
you back to me
In a world where nothing ever stays the same
I am left with only things I cannot change
You've gone away and left me things I cannot change
So far away and left me things I cannot change
left me things I cannot cha--