The Avett Brothers Follow

November came and went
Like the Summer that I spent
With a no-name girl that walked in jelly shoes
I returned to my home
With a heart, part made of stone
And I cried all night for a girl I never knew

From the East it comes
Her love and the rising sun
And I pray each time it comes it's not the last
You see I've gotten strong
And I made it through what came along
But I can't move on for the beauty of the past

Came across a pretty girl
For about a month she was my world
And I held her hand and swore we'd never part
I moved on, she stayed behind
I said I'd call, she said she'd write
We lost touch the moment I drove off

I left town like a gambler with no sense
To cash in all the chips,
before I lost 'em all on a bad deal
I made believe I was in a race
Drove 10,000 miles for seven days
While writing a book called, Being a Free Man

Met more people than the President
The good times came, and the good times went
And I learned how to ignore my hunger pangs
I looked ahead to the open road
Thought about the people and what they know
And I wrote a book called, People Don't Know Nothing!
(no matter what they tell ya, man)

Once I spent my last dime
And counted the ratio of miles to time
I looked up to my disdain and my surprise
I'd driven my car around the world
Ended back in the town with the girl
So I wrote a book called, Life in Prison
(volume one)

I see that girl every now and then
And we drink to having such good friends
And apologize for the way it did not last
Funny thing that it's all true
And I'll always love November Blue
But I turned her down for the beauty of the past

November came and went
Like the Summer that I spent
With a no-name girl that walked in jelly shoes
I returned to my home
With a heart, part made of stone
And I cried all night for a girl I never knew