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Songs for Summertime

from American Youth Radio by The Split Infinitives

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I want to watch the country fly
Through car windows, on either side
I want to fall asleep on the glass
As the hours and surroundings slowly pass
I want to wake at a stop off the highway
To stretch my weary arms and tired legs
I want to see summertime
Like growing brown eyes

I can’t wait to feel dirt and sand
Forming on my feet, and spilling from my hands
I can’t wait to go with friends
Scouring the grounds for girls until our faces are red
I can’t wait to scale canyon walls
Or swim through the frigid basin of those invisible falls
I can’t wait to see summertime
Like growing brown eyes

I’ll miss being in Gene’s cab
Listening to pop songs, and making those guys laugh
I’ll miss crowd-sourcing the riddles of real life
Around a wavering fire near the water late into the night
I’ll even miss it when we drive back home
And we reminisce about experiences we’ll all know
I’ll miss seeing summertime
Like growing brown eyes

I bet you look nice
Under stringed lights
On a July evening
In eighty degree heat
In your normal clothes
As your hair flows
With an easy breeze
Rustling the tops of trees

I bet the way you dance
Would leave me in a trance
And time would almost stop
Just enough that you would not
Quit twisting and unfolding
I’d watch the whole thing
Unable to take my eyes
Away from your sight

I bet the way you think
Could change the way I see
The world around me
Or help me sleep soundly
Each word the foundation
For new revelation
Maybe about life itself
Or even you as well

I bet you could do better
That me getting it together
And asking you to take
A minute with me, if that’s okay
Even if I’m a nervous
Wreck who can’t get the right word in
If this isn’t out of line
Perhaps you’ll be kind

I bet I could move on
If that’s what you want
But I’m going too fast
You don’t even have reason to ask
I’m just watching from afar
Under blooming bulbs, surrounded by dark
I’m waiting to be crushed
Because I long for so much

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from American Youth Radio, released February 24, 2015

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