Autumn Leaves" is the English-language lyrical adaptation of the French song "Les Feuilles mortes" ("The Dead Leaves") composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. The original lyrics were written by Jacques Prévert in French, and in 1950 Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyrics. An instrumental recording by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best-seller in the US Billboard charts of 1955.

autumn leaves cover - Peet Peterman

lyrics:

everyone is leaving
everyones fading away
it’s gonna be like this
the light is at the corner store
light is at my home
the light is shrinking once again
i’m losing where the destination is
sitting at the barstool
my ex friends to the left side
i’m drinking looking like a fool
i wish i could say that im sorry
just for nothing
nobody cant stand it anymore
I get so mean
I drink myself to sleep
i text like I am always out of

embers

A storm is brewing
I can hear the wind
Thank God
You’re here with me
My only friend
The wind is howling
The trees
Are starting to bend
Thank God
You’re by my side
My only friend
Can you feel it
It feels like the end
Or maybe it’s different
And it’s where things begin
One door closes
You can no longer get in
Instead you face the unknown
Where the veil is thin
And change is the constant
It’s where all things new
Begin
Yeah begin today
And then
Every day thereafter
Where you feel you are
Constantly chasing after
Something just
Beyond your reach
Why is it there
And what does
It have to teach
You know it’s as if each
One that appears
Stirs your emotions
And disturbs your fears
Looking for answers
Coming from someone 
You hear
Off in the distance
And you ask why are they here
So near
And yet far away
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