:: Endless Summer ::

The Sun shines on Broadway
Voices and laughter
Fill the hallway

Make my escape
From this one room hell
From this self imposed darkness
In which I dwell

Rolling down Cambie, Kino on the right
I past this apartment where I spent one night
Two silhouettes on the window
So I had to laugh
When you heal too slow
And fall too fast

Past a bar where I lost
A good friend of mine
To some women, some drugs
And some cheap red wine

Another time
Another place
Another kiss
Another face
Another partner to replace
Another end in disgrace

Rolling down 4th past the WestBeach sign
Western civilization
At the peak of it's decline

The stereo's loud
And it's drowning out the view
I feel like I'm unconscious
And I can't come to

Chorus:
These are the days
When Summer lasts too long

Verse II
Kits beach
Nothing's wrong
Play a little hacky sac
Sing a little song
Jericho calls, pull out the skim
Hop in the ocean, warm the skin

They're naked at Wreck Beach
But I'm not feeling that brave
Front side shove its
On the incoming wave

The water's hotter than it was last year
My planet's dying and for it I shed a tear
I dry my body but my eyes are still wet
These summer romances are hard to forget

I'm keep looking in the mirror
Asking what went wrong
These are the days
When summer lasts too long

Verse III
Cypress Bowl
I want to be whole
But memories and fantasies
Have polluted my soul

My city's green but so's my heart
Fishing for religion
Fishing for a new start
I could have been an Astronaut
But I wound up here
On a planet full of anger
A planet full of fear

I look to the mountain
For a sign or a clue
But I still feel like
I'm unconscious
And I can't come to.

© cb shaw 2002

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