In the Summertime - Emily Elbert

I’m gonna love you in the summertime*

February’s fine, but we are stuck inside

We’ll lay on a blanket on the hill in the morning light

I’m gonna love you in the summertime

You’ll bring your charcoal pencils and draw the land

I’ll read Thoreau and kiss your blackened hand

We’ll drift and celebrate with a grateful dance

Have silent conversations, and we’ll understand

We’ve had times this winter that I won’t forget

But I can’t wait for the ones that haven’t happened yet

I’m gonna love you in the summertime

We’ll spend all day and night just being outside

The sun makes it feel good just to be alive

I’m gonna love you in the summertime