When Summer Comes
- Geoffrey Clarfield
- Jun 20, 2024
- 2 min read
Original lyrics and music copyright © 2024 by Geoffrey Clarfield.
When Summer Comes
When summer comes
And life slows down
And kids ride bikes from town to town
I look at the corn that’s standin' high
I see my neighbours passin' by
I see my neighbours passin' by
When summer comes
And dusty streets
Come alive with fairs
And long retreats
In woods as green
As an imagined Oz
With a lion a tin man
And a scarecrow gone
A lion a tin man a scarecrow gone
When summer comes
And all the young
Are singin' their fantastic songs
Of birth and death and
Life that’s new
When summer comes I think of you
When summer comes I think of you
When summer comes I think of you
And all the things we used to do
The picnics fairs and family meals
The porch, the stairs, your high heels
Remember D Day
What a day
The day they sent the war away
I remember D Day
What a day
The day they sent the war away
When summer comes
It's time to dream
For nothing is
Just what it seems
The snow has gone
The earth is still
The sun makes friends of
Yonder hills
The sun makes friends of
Yonder hills
When summer comes
I breathe again
I watch the grass
Grow green again
I see young love
Grow keen again
I know one day
We’ll meet again
I know one day
We’ll meet again
Let’s toast the mailman on his beat
Let’s toast the tinker on his seat
Let’s bless the tailor and the tinker too
And all the ships with their young crew
And all the ships with their young crew
When summer comes
The life slows down
The kids ride bikes from town to town
Look at the corn that’s standin' high
I see my neighbours passin' by
I see my neighbours passin' by
When summer comes
And all the young
Are singin' their fantastic songs
Of birth and death and
Life that’s new
When summer comes I think of you
When summer comes I think of you