Photo by Ron Lach
Summertime
(a song)
Evening haze, a fuzzy sun,
the world is like an old re-run.
It’s moving slow
and don’t you know
it’s summertime!
The air is thick—so still and hot.
It hangs around your favorite spot,
and that certain smell
you know so well
says it’s summertime!
What a relief from winter’s freezes,
you can enjoy warm and gentle breezes.
No more frozen toes
because, you know
it’s summertime!
Oh, that days could stay this way—
singin’ silly songs, drinkin’ lemonade.
You know my heart
rarely falls apart
when it’s summertime!
Let’s reminisce—o’er days of childhood bliss.
Let’s all get a tan, or else crowd a fan!
Oh, I pledge to surely
really love this pearly
old summertime!
© 2015 gratefulsue
I played the guitar when I was younger and used to write songs in my free time. This song was written when I was still living in Ohio. We only enjoyed a few months of warm weather every year because spring came late and autumn came early. The song expresses my love of summer and some of my favorite memories from growing up. Other fond memories were: being out of school, catching fireflies with my sister, and riding my bike to the neighborhood pool to spend the day there.