Summer Radio

Summer radio,

summer radio,

sing us songs we wish we wrote in voices we don’t have.

Keep the windows low,

the water just below,

and I can kiss the foot you keep up on the dash.

..and all I know could be traded in for

another brief extension of my...

...time with you,

hit me like a fist,

fight off the need to turn in--

Now that it’s August,

you’ll go back to school and I’ll go--

Home is where

all our hearts are waiting--

All alone is fine,

better is with you right by my side.

Where you can fill the space between my arms and my chest.

They can take it all away from me,

I’ve got the best.

There is no word or sound to signify the way I feel,

‘cause I tried to put it all to tune...

...and I have failed.

Turn down the radio,

turn down the radio.

‘cause if she wakes up,

she’ll say, “We should get moving.”

Wishing time would slow,

knowing what I know,

everything could end in seconds flat and--

All I am has been laid before you.

Know what I am saying?

To your big plans,

how can I fit in, too?

I wanna be supportive.

Now, it’s September.

Here is where you laughed,

Here’s where you laid down

all your cards and begged I do the same.

Mine were the lesser suit,

and I folded in.

Darling, I’d do anything to have it all again.

As a lover, as a partner, as your best friend.

Lately, you’re the only thing that’s making any sense.

‘Cause I tried to figure myself out...

...and I have failed.