Denouncing November Blue
The Avett Brothers Lyrics

November came and went,
Time passed like it was nothing.

Like a summer that I spent,
It felt like the warm moments didn't last long enough.

With a no name girl that walked in jelly shoes.
I met someone who didn't make much of an impression on me, but I remember her quirky shoes.

I returned to my home,
I went back to my old life.

With a heart part made of stone,
I was numb and couldn't feel anything.

And I cried all night for a girl I never knew.
I mourned the potential of what could have been.

From the east it comes,
Hope arrives.

Her love and the rising sun,
Love and hope come together.

And I pray each time they come, it's not the last.
I don't want to lose what I have now.

You see I've got strong,
I'm tough, I can handle what comes my way.

I made it through what came along,
I survived the tough times.

But I can't move on for the beauty of the past.
I can't let go of what once was, because it's too beautiful to forget.

Came across a pretty girl,
I met someone who caught my attention.

For about a month she was my world,
I fell hard and fast for her.

And I held her hand, and swore we'd never part.
I made promises to keep her with me forever.

I moved on, she stayed behind,
I left her to continue on my journey.

I said I'd call, she said she'd write,
We promised to keep in touch.

We lost touch the moment I drove off.
We lost contact as soon as I left.

I left town like a gambler with,
I took off without looking back.

The sense of cashin' all the chips,
I felt like I had won something and could move on.

Before I lost them all on a bad deal.
Before I messed everything up.

I made believe I was in a race,
I pretended like the journey was more important than anything else.

Drove ten thousand miles in seven days,
I traveled quickly and without stopping.

While writing a book called "Being A Free Man".
I kept busy by writing a book about living without constraints.

Met more people than the president,
I met a lot of people during my journey.

The good times came and the good times went,
The happy moments passed quickly.

And I learned how to ignore my hunger pangs.
I got used to going without food.

I looked ahead to the open road, thought about the people and what they know,
I contemplated life and the world around me.

And wrote a book called "People Don't Know Nothin".
I wrote a book about how people really don't know much.

(no matter what they tell ya, man)
Despite what people may say, truth is hard to come by.

Once I spent my last dime,
I ran out of money.

And counted the ratio of miles to time,
I reflected on my journey.

I looked up to my disdain and my surprise.
I looked up and was unhappy and surprised by what I saw.

I had driven my car around the world,
I had traveled an incredibly long distance.

Ended back in the town with the girl,
I ended up back in the place where I had started with her.

So I wrote a book called "Life in Prison".
I wrote a book about feeling trapped.

(Volume. 1)
There may be more volumes to come.

I see that girl every now and then,
I still see her from time to time.

And we drink to having such good friends,
We celebrate our friendship.

And apologize for the way it did not last.
We acknowledge that our relationship didn't work out.

Funny thing that it's all true,
It's ironic that everything I experienced actually happened.

And I'll always love November Blue,
I'll always remember the girl in jelly shoes.

But I turned her down for the beauty of the past.
I let her go because I couldn't move on from other memories.