Great melancholy end-of-summer songs

It isn't about the end of summer specifically, but I think "The Lights Go Down" by ELO captures that mood perfectly.

 

a-ha - "Summer Moved On".

 

Chad and Jeremy's "Yesterday's Gone" and "A Summer Song," in tandem.

 

The Eagles, Waiting in the Weeds.

 

Deodato


Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnK5bgRhPvI

 

Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder

 

Smoke Fairies - Summer Fades

 

Squeeze, "Footprints"

 

Oh Lori, The Alessi Brothers....melancholy to me for some reason.

Also Davy's on the Road Again... just feels like summers over. sigh.

 

Blanche: "Another Lost Summer"



I vowed this wouldn't be another lost summer
I've looked around but I cant see
That old time summer
It's still hot but I look at what I've got
And all I feel is number

I guess it's too late to plant those seeds
'Another lost summer'
It's not worth it to pull the weeds
'Are you ready drummer'

They'll just die, like I'm doing inside
My brother and I were the best of friends
'That old time summer'
More than just brothers but now I pretend
'Another lost summer'

Is it a crutch? That I expect so much?
I promised myself I'd be strong this year
'Ohh'
But here i am again filled with summer tears
'Ohh'
And the fish ain't biting and I'm through fighting

The same situation the same frustrations
'Cause summers almost gone
The love I planned to sing about never came along
And I can't figure out where I belong

But ever year I sing the same old song
Where's that old time summer?
It's another lost summer
Another lost summer

 

"Celebrated Summer" - Husker Du

 

"(Remember) Walking in the Sand" -- Aerosmith

 

Sad Memory - Buffalo Springfield
Urge For Going - Joni Mitchell
Like An Old Fashioned Waltz - Sandy Denny
Fields Of Gold - love Eva Cassidy's cover
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
September Song - Willie Nelson
Girl From The North Country - Dylan & Cash
Looking For The Summer - Chris Rea
Coming Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
Summer Is Fading - Jim Capaldi
I'll Take The Rain - R.E.M.
Warmth Of The Sun - Beach Boys

 

"April Come She Will" by Simon and Garfunkel:

August, die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September, I’ll remember
A love once new has now grown old

 

"All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray..."

 

Willow Weep for Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday, Chad and Jeremy many others did nice versons

 

Carnival - Sandy Denny

"The summertime's escaping, and the carnival's away...."

 

Graham Parker - "Back to Schooldays"

 

Dan Fogelberg "Sketches" from the Netherlands album