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The rain's falling down
Making stains on the pavement
They match the stains on my hands and the drops dripping down
I smile with my mouth but my eyes can't, won't, do it
I don't know how
And my mind won't stop wandering from the here and the now

A foggy car window
Its the mirror to my heart
I slam the car door
Holding it together just long enough to fall apart

I'm here in this safe place
Flowers dancing on the walls
But somehow even here
I don't feel home at all

I remember the old days
When summer got old and
There was a million reasons to smile
When we met I saw you and I saw through your eyes
A beautiful heart
You just couldn't disguise if you tried

Your words on the paper
Stare up at me now
And all these months later
I can still see that hand-me-down smile

You said, "Call anytime."
Oh how those words echo when I'm feelin' all alone
And I
Try not to fall apart again
Cuz these spring days still feel cold

That letter in my drawer
Still calls me every now and then
And I remember how you held me and I never wanted you to let go
But summer was old
And time ran out for you and me and we can't be

The rain's falling down
Making stains on the pavement
And I'm sittin' here in my safe place with that letter in my hand
The number you left
Is begging me to call it
And I can still feel your arms and see that smile through my teary-eyed gaze

After all this time
Everyone I've been and everyone I never thought I'd be again
I can see you like yesterday
Was the day we said goodbye
And that pale blue t-shirt
The smell of summer in the air

And everything I learned and knew
And forgot across the months of work and days of doubt
Forgetting me and you
And why and when and how
It was the first time I ever really fell in head over heels
It was simple summer love