Summer's End
Music & Lyrics by David Greathouse
© 2015, Sourdough Music, ASCAP

So today you sent us fumbling through boxes, drawers, and milk crates
With numb determination, seeking photographs and keepsakes
Resurrecting secret memories from so many secret places
And expecting all the tears that went falling off our faces
And accepting what a miracle it was you even graced us in the first place

So collective excavations yielded countless treasure troves
Once neatly packed away, now lays around us on the floor
A rock, pocked with a hole where a lanyard used to go
From that kid you could have strangled if you hadn't loved him so
And a bracelet someone made for you, and only you two know about that kiss

And the memories, unleashed, attack in waves
Bombarding all the souls you held sway
Relentless as the fires in countless hearts you sparked
In the tinder of those dear departed days

So today you got us mumbling silly words to sacred tunes
About a bird that whooped its head off, sockless moms, and Mr. Moon
And a wishy washy woman made us dance
And Joe, the button factory worker, worked to make us laugh
But today while the blossoms still cling to the vine just makes me sad

So all across the country and the world, the truth be told
Down in the land down under where our summer months get cold
From London to Nigeria we are scattered 'round the globe
Bound by one experience embedded in our souls
We found within the eyes daring dreams down deep inside us to be bold

And the memories, unleashed, attack in waves
Bombarding all the souls you held sway
Relentless as the fires in countless hearts you sparked
In the tinder of those dear departed days

So today our summer ended, another season come and gone
As you climbed up in that bus, leaving us and heading home
And waving as you pull away, the dust gets in our eyes
It must look like we're crying as we try to say goodbye
And I guess there's no denying we're gonna miss you
And the mischief in your smile

I wore the shirt you gave me 'til the weft had left the weave
Like disintegrated flannel, your death unravelled me
And I know we all must, someday, take our leave
But I don't foresee me pardoning the thief

And maybe it was only youth and daring
And maybe it was only just a dream
And maybe it was everything it seemed to be
As for me, it was everything I needed
And we gathered 'round our boxes strung with wires
Until fingers bled and hearts were set on fire
And in that golden moment we were holding nothing petty
And for a time, we were pretty near holy

So, today you sent us fumbling through boxes, drawers, and milk crates
With numb determination, seeking photographs and keepsakes
So please forgive our sadness and please forgive the tears
And thank you for the magic in those months that lasted years
And I hope you feel the gladness in our hearts for the life you gave us here
                                                                          
And the memories, unleashed, attack in waves
Bombarding all the souls you held sway
Relentless as the fires in countless hearts you sparked
In the tinder of those dear departed days