Say a prayer, the summer nights are dead   The fall is coming   We were careless hearts   Who got caught up in this      You were shy to the night you drove me wild   And you crashed into me and I won't lie   I wish it lasted a lifetime      Please stay   Won't you stay tonight?      Breathe in deep and say goodbye   The saddest song I'll ever write   For anyone, anytime      Breathe in deep before I say   I can feel us slip away   You're almost gone, you're good as gone   August is over      Now we wait 'cause August had to end   All our bags are packed   Just two broken hearts   That got caught up in this      I deny that tomorrow you'll be gone   And so far from me   It's something strange   Never love the same way      Please stay   Won't you stay tonight?      Breathe in deep and say goodbye   The saddest song I'll ever write   For anyone, anytime      Breathe in deep before I say   I can feel us slip away   You're almost gone, you're good as gone      We can try to drown it out   But it never stops breathing   We can take it all in   But it never slows down   We've come down from that cloud      Well, say what you gotta say   Please say what you gotta say   Whoa oh oh   Whoa oh oh      Breathe in deep and say goodbye   The saddest song I'll ever write   For anyone, anytime      Breathe in deep before I say   I can feel us slip away   You're almost gone, you're good as gone   August is over      We're not the reason   August is over