Fireside Summer Hearts
(hummmm) (ooh-ooh) Salt in our hair,
sand in our shoes
Running out of time with nothing to lose
Your faded green jacket laid out on the shore
I swore I had never seen twilight before
Carved initials deep in driftwood bark Waiting for the sparks to catch
the dark
And then the dry pine caught the flame
Everything was shifting,
never quite the same
You reached across and took my trembling hand Tracing golden lines across
the sand
Oh, the bonfire burned our doubts away
Turned midnight air to amber day
We were seventeen and tangled up in grace
Watching all the seasons changing on your face (ah-ah-ah) Take me back
to where the wood ash flew
The summer that I gave my heart to you
Crickets singing low along the ridge
Bicycles leaning on the wooden bridge
You talked about leaving when September came I leaned on your shoulder
and repeated your name
Ash like falling snow beneath our feet
Bittersweet and quiet on the beach
Before the smoke began to fade
We made a promise that we never broke or made
You whispered something true against my hair
Still drifting like a prayer upon the air
Oh, the bonfire burned our doubts away
Turned midnight air to amber day
We were seventeen and tangled up in grace
Watching all the seasons changing on your face (yeah) Take me back
to where the wood ash flew
The summer that I gave my heart to you
Cinders floating up toward the milky way
No one told us youth would slip away
We were changed forever by that fire's glow
Learning how to love and let it go (let it go)
Driftwood ember slowly growing cold
A secret that the ocean keeps and holds
(hummmm) Still burning bright
My summer love