September In Miami

(Merle Haggard)



September in Miami marks the time and the place

I first laid eyes on you

I was there to spend the winter

Keepin' warm the only way I knew.



It was way down in the fall before I realized at all

It'd be a special place and time

September in Miami

Is more than just a memory of mine.



The winter found the beaches filled with pretty girls

And lonely boy away from home

All the sunshine and laughter could you know

They matched the happiness I'd known.



You went away to somewhere on the day before thanksgiving day

But I didn't cry

And the lonely weeks that followed

Made me know I'd always love you till I die.



For days I tried forgetting you

And finally wrote you offers just like a passing friend

But I woke up this morning

And today I started loving you again.



If this letter ever find you

I hope it finds you happy when it find you

I'll address it somewhere Texas

For you talked about some cowboys that you knew.



September in Miami marks the time and the place

I first laid eyes on you

I was there to spend the winter

Keepin' warm the only way I knew.



(September in Miami is more than just a memory of mine...)