"I Was A Runner Once" lyrics

It was summer once
I still see the sun-topped trees through the windowpane
Light reflecting on my past, a distant place
Bouncing off the binders
Of the cards I'd trade
'Tis a glossy haze

Brian's house had hallways that were passageways
Portals to a hallway scared us all away
Nights were spent at baseball, I played second base

I was a runner once
I used to run hard around the trail by the lake
2017, I'd be there every day
When the gunner's gun went off, I'd run my pain away
2017
Every day

I was younger once
I was impulsive, dumb, and brash, I can't lie about that
'Bout the recklessness and flash you knew me by in early acts
I did my best to end everything about that
2017, just trying, man

I heard thunder once
I took the hard sound and held it in my hands
Thought it better, best, to run with that
Now the mystical and magic hours do commence
Country life, country band

Now that summer's done
I'll think about the sun-topped trees and windowpanes
Memories I hold in me that resonate
Country life
Country ways