Three Days Before Autumn

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Three days before autumn, a cold winter came Blew in on a telephone call when my friend went away And I swear I heard thunder at the sound of his name And he never even knew me at all But I loved him the same [Pre-Chorus] And it's easy enough to say "He's better off Chalk it up to the luck of the draw Life is tough, it was his time to go And that's all," well, I don't know about that [Chorus] 'Cause I'm broken and breathless and bent to the ground And I'm listening, Lord, but I don't hear a sound And the angels in Heaven are dancing around To the music that I want to hear [Post-Chorus] And I'm watching and wishing and wondering why This silence is louder the harder I try No, I can't believe it, but I can't deny That the winter came early this year Yeah, the winter came early this year [Verse 2] And I stood in the kitchen, and I stared at the wall And I prayed for some wisdom so I could make a little sense of it all And I thought about the seasons and how quickly they pass Now there's little to do but hope that the good ones will last [Pre-Chorus] And it's easy enough to say, "He's better off Chalk it up to the luck of the draw Life is tough, it was his time to go And that's all," well, I don't know about that [Chorus] 'Cause I'm broken and breathless and bent to the ground And I'm listening, Lord, but I don't hear a sound And though the angels in Heaven are dancing around To the music that I want to hear [Post-Chorus] And I'm watching and wishing and wondering why This silence is louder the harder I try No, I can't believe it, but I can't deny That the winter came early this year Yeah, the winter came early this year [Verse 3] And this night is beautiful I see the sky about to rain And I think I hear the wild wind howling Come to blow me away [Outro] And I take comfort in knowing that this ain't my home And I know when I'm lonely that I ain't alone And I know that he's singing at the foot of the throne But that don't seem to matter down here 'Cause the winter came early this year Three days before autumn