Summerday - Dar Williams

From the ship, we could see it in the distance

As the fog was finally lifting

We had come to the shores of Summerday

Gently landing, we jumped out on the sand

And found our way

Where the dirt was soft and black

We started digging a garden

And soon we found the woods that we’d

Call the forest of Arden for to play

When we came to Summerday

On the shores of Summerday

We will live in Summerday

And we climbed a stony mountain

We were boisterous then quiet

As we thought about what instruments to make

Soon we started to build the uilleann pipes

And fine guitars

Then we scouted out the hollows

For solitude and silence

And we found the places we could meet

By the blue and glassy river

Under stars where the paper lanterns sway

In the streets of Summerday

Trust the night and trust the day

Sun and moon of Summerday

We are pilgrims in the land between religions

We are following our children

And we paint in different colors every day

And if we’re true to our hearts they will

Grow up and want to stay

We will work beside them as they

Build modest houses and

On a misty April morning

We’ll rest the shovels on the fence

And die and become a summer day

Oh, the fields of Summerday

And the flowers of Summerday

They will live in Summerday

To the shores of Summerday

So we sail to Summerday

We will live in Summerday