Wake Me Up When September Ends -- Greenday

Summer has come and passed. The innocent can never last
Wake me up,  When September ends.  Like my father's come to pass,
seven years has gone so fast. Wake me up,   When September ends.
Here comes the rain again, Falling from the stars Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.  As my memory rests,  But never forgets what I lost.
Wake me up,   When September ends.

Summer has come and passed.  The innocent can never last.
Wake me up,  When September ends. Ring out the bells again.
Like we did when spring began.  Wake me up,  When September ends.
Here comes the rain again,  Falling from the stars  Drenched in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.  As my memory rest,  But never forgets what I lost.
Wake me up,   When September ends.

Summer has come and passed.  The innocent can never last.
Wake me up,   When September ends.
Like my father's come to pass.  Twenty years has gone so fast.
Wake me up,   When September ends.                                         (sing365)

Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this about his father, who died of cancer. At his father's funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie's room, Billie simply said, "Wake me up when September ends," hence the title.                                                 (songfacts) 

         

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