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dave ellwood - summertime lyrics

[hook]
summertime
summertime evenings
summertime
summertime evenings

summertime evenings
summertime
summertime evenings
summertime

[chorus one]
you see the lights (you see the lights)
floating through the treetops
you see the lights (you see the lights)
swirling by the blacktop
what a backdrop for summertime

[verse one]
embers dance above the bonfire
remember running through the yard without tire
ice pop in hand, weathered by the weather
dripping down his arm, apart but still together
asleep on the stump in his grandpa’s yard
the spot where he had his initials carved
a youngin run by youth fire
mired by the fact that he was running out of track
years p-ssed as trees grew taller
he grew taller, as his mind became smaller
constrained by adulthood limits, driven by grandiose visions
of making business decisions
sipping sorrel with his honey on the west bay
pledged a gl-ss, he’d never scuff up these days
took a shot, he’d never forget those days
took another and he left behind that day
now residing in his middle age
busy writing his novel in a middle page
all his predecessors cast off years ago
and left behind remnants of their years of gold
living as a running man, illiterate to relaxation
he returns to the place of his past vacations
cleaning out the temple of his p-ssed grandparents
as a rental again for the blooming parents
living room, clock strikes as the flashbacks flow
staring through the screen of the back window
walking out into the yard, reinvigorated
humidity’s high, he’s feeling alive
he sits down as the lightning bugs come out
and remembers the summer rains to quench his drought

[break]
summertime
summertime

[verse two]
now reminisce, to a much simpler time
when life wasn’t based on money, power, and dimes
back when life’s clock ran on a variant time
and getting rich was a quarter for a gum ball in line
picking wild berries at the pinnacle in mid summer
can’t miss it, reddest wine there like none other
ramble along the rails, looking down at the lehigh
the mountain manifesto, no matter what we high
looking through my looking gl-ss, but i can’t spot him
looking down a drinking gl-ss and there’s no bottom
finally cracked the crystal, made it out the thistle
leaping off of bridges flying eastward like the missiles
you know who lit the fire, look at who’s the flames
happiness is function, independence is the same
we masqueraded venice
called it 0 and 4 like tennis
but i when my mind stopped the flooding
i was left beached, sunned, and jutted
now i’m just a galangal currying for a tirade
searching for a cross in the middle of a crusade
another dark night driving down the freeway
street lights remind me of those cherished days

- dave ellwood lyrics

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