yesterday was the last day of summer
no more sitting on the steps with you
the cloudless sky has gone to bed forever
the yellow moon is fading out of view

if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now you'll never know it
if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now

today is the first day of autumn
the wind has changed and the trees don't look the same
the fires have turned the hillside green to ochre
all because of the weather the weatherman couldn't explain

if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now you'll never know it
if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now

this was the season I started swimming
I was clinging close to the coast it's true
yeah I made up my melancholy reason
to be testing out my feelings for you

if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now you'll never know it
if you don't know by now
if you don't know by now

we'll never understand it
nothing ever turns out like we planned it
like we planned it
we'll never understand it

if you don't know by now
sitting on the steps the last day of summer
clinging to the coast the last day of summer
how can we forget the last day of summer