I met you where the ferries turned With salt upon your summer
hair
The station clock was running fast But we had all the evening
there You laughed and folded up your coat The harbor wind pulled
at your sleeve
I said this town is small in June You said that August
likes to leave
Summer love, don't fade so soon Stay a little in the pale
blue noon
Every train that takes you from my side Leaves your name on
the turning tide Summer love,
come back to me
Like a letter crossed from sea to sea
Your postcard came from Riga rain A corner stamp,
a careful hand You wrote the roofs were red as wine And
ships were sleeping by the strand
I read it by the kitchen light
While swallows crossed the amber sky
The words were warm,
the paper thin Enough to keep July alive
Summer love, don't fade so soon Stay a little in the pale
blue noon Every train that takes you from my side Leaves your
name on the turning tide Summer love,
come back to me Like a letter crossed from sea to sea
If I could hold one hour still
I'd keep the one beside the quay
Your hand in mine,
the last boat call The whole wide world in half past three
But bells keep time and seasons turn
And songs remember more than we do
Summer love, don't fade so soon Stay a little in the pale
blue noon Every train that takes you from my side
Leaves your name on the turning tide Summer love,
come back to me
Like a letter crossed from sea to sea Summer love,
across the foam
Every road I walk still leads you home