[Verse 1] I was born in the heart of a hurricane season In the house where my mama was raised That old September wind feels just like a long lost friend And I [Chorus] I want to run through those cottonwood trees Fall asleep in a big bed of fresh fallen leaves And in every wind that blows there's a song of letting go It's not goodbye, it's hello [Verse 2] When we met underneath the blue skies of summer And those summer skies turn into fall That sweet September wind made us so much more than friends One night [Chorus] And we ran through those cottonwood trees We made love in a big bed of fresh fallen leaves And in every wind that blows there's an innocence that knows It's not goodbye, it's hello [Bridge] In the moment that one thing ends Is the same time that one begins And return as we must We are ashes to dust, amen [Verse 3] When the days of my youth have all faded And the memories are all that remain Let that old September wind take me back to where I've been So I [Chorus] I can run through those cottonwood trees And remember the smell of those fresh fallen leaves Now in every wind that blows there's a part of me that knows It's not goodbye, it's hello