"Summer Song" lyrics

Back then, my hair was longer
Than my span of attention
Sitting back row at the classroom
After a two-week-long suspension
You were drawing on your sneakers
I was hoping for a chance to catch your name
A military baby
Your dad moved here from Austin
Walked out of the classroom
And I caught you at your locker
Offered you a smoke and concert tickets
You declined them both the same

I was in love
From the moment you walked away

Through prayer and perseverance
I earned our conversations
You opened up my mind to books on Western medication
Never understood a word you said
But I loved them just the same
Then the season moved to summer
Making love down by the pool house
Forgetting proper swimwear
But remembering the details
Watching all the stars come out
And forming them in lines to spell our name

I was in love
With the sun when it hit your face

Daddy got a letter
News came from his station
Headed to New Mexico
Another year's vacation
Bags were packed, and in a week
You knew that you were out of here forever
Threw pebbles at my window
Woke me up to tell me
To this day, I can't forget
The pain that then befell me
Blew me kisses from the rearview
I was left with only dreams of us together

I was in love

But if I could go back
And warn myself
I don't think I would
'Cause if I'd never loved you
Without holding back
Hell, I wouldn't be no good
Mmh