Summer Away - Aloha

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

He rides in his mother’s car

It’s as 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’s 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!

My teacher in the second grade taught us the names of all 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 about to be wound and then let go

They wind you up and then let you go

All my friends i can’t wait to quit

Who’s the next one on the list?

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

I won’t get used to it

Follow me out the door