Summertime

Dead leaves and cheap red wine Remind me of the summertime Remind me of everything She says she knows me well Always one to kiss and tell Tell me love will ring And sun is shining And she’s still crying We were laying on blanket Thinking no one else could see Until the moon was rising I thought our love was dying Then whispers from lips Told me all I need to know Forever lost in endless bliss The night of our first kiss Her love was so wonderful Heartaches and sad goodbyes Ripped away the summertime Ripped away everything And her heart was beating And her skin was warm In the back seat of my chevy She made me a man And my mind was fleeting With my fingers reading The story of her body And song of her soul And when I think about that night Her beauty still surrounds me Like a blanket made of wool And when I wonder where shes gone Her memory disturbs me Wakes me up from sleep Her love still confounds Made me who I was to be But the summer never left me It still burns here today A fire raging northward Across a huge expanse of space Even in the heart of winter The warmth still remains Like beacon shining onward Asking me to stay