Summer Away

In the town of your youth, on some famous road

or boulevard or lane, there’s a lilac tree named after you

An unfamiliar child gets to see it bloom

But is that true?

And he rides in his mother’s car

It’s big as hell

And they’re on their way

Line ‘em up to be replaced!

In the house lived a dog

Not a healer or a saint

He’d warm the house with his welcome wag

But in his howl I’d hear him say,

“I want to run away.”

Where is he now?

He left us alone

He has a new home

He’s gone

What were you protecting us from, anyway?

Line ‘em up to be replaced!

Our teacher in the second grade taught us all the names of the presidents and states

But after a summer away, she forgot ours

Where is she now?

With kids half our age

They can’t know they’re to be wound and then let go

They wind you up and let you go

All my friends can’t wait to quit

Who’s the next one on the list?

All my friends can’t wait to leave and I won’t stand for it

I won’t get used to it

Follow me out the door