End Of August

Album: The Great Divide (2026)
Charted: 14
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  • Richie and Austen are often along for the ride
    They don't say a lot, but they know every inch of this drive
    If these trees started talking, I bet you they'd only talk
    'Cause we never do anything real, we just talk about it
    Endin' of August, the bugs are just starting to die
    All the neighbors are votin' for someone who wins every time
    And I thought getting older meant knowin' it's too late to try
    And I tried getting sober, I swear I did better this time

    Ooh, hm
    Ooh, hm
    Ooh, hm
    Ooh, hm

    Oh, everything you see out here will die
    Oh, it's a matter of time
    'Til it's fields of ice and reflector lights
    'Til it's our town, mm
    And anything you need, I will provide
    A ride home or an alibi
    I know the traffic light you can speed right by
    'Cause the camera's down
    And I follow New York plates to the county line
    I ignore 'em when they wave on 89
    The minute that September hits
    I'm goin' off my medicine, oh
    Late August angst and a pointless night
    Oh, and the feeling of being alive
    For the first time in a long time

    We're a drawing of a place
    Oh, we're a photo on the fridge
    They mined copper for years
    Oh, there was nothing left to dig
    It's a place where most kids
    Just grow up and have kids, who grow up and have kids
    Who build homes for the rich

    Oh, everything you see out here will die
    Oh, it's a matter of time
    'Til it's fields of ice and reflector lights
    'Til it's our town

    'Til it's our town
    'Til it's our town
    And it's ours now
    'Cause it's ours now

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    A long shadow Writer/s: Aaron Dessner, Noah Kahan
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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