Back to the Burned-In Summer

Windows down, we were running on a half-lit street

Mixtapes, static spinning, all our favorite beats

Sky kept burning in the faded tangerine

We were 17, living in between

And every time we took felt like a promise

Every broken plan still looked honest

If we knew it would fade, we still would stay

Chasing the light till it slipped away

Drive with the windows down, let the night unwind

The sunner in the backseat of our minds

Those old songs still bloom

When the cold winds come around

Some things never really leave

They just settle down, drive with the windows down

Hearts full of sparks and sound

We're young and the world was ours

But then somehow, and I still hear you laugh

When the radio comes on loud

That's all, another last

It's just driving with me now

Parking lots and cheap gas, moonlight on the hood

Promises we made, only thought we always would

Every mile was a coastcard

Every sign of goodbye

But the road kept singing, so did you and I

Now the years roll by like headlights in the rain

Still I catch your shadow in a window pane

What you had was a fire and a melody

Running in the rearview, living in me

Drive with the windows down

Let the night unwind

Keep the summer in the backseat of our minds

Those old songs still bloom

When the cold winds come around

Some things never really leave

They just settle down, drive with the windows down

Hearts full of sparks and sound

We were young and the world was our strike then somehow

And I still hear you laugh when the rain all comes around

As summer never left, it's just driving with me now

If I could turn the key and start that hour again

I'd see the long way home and pretend

Nothing ever ends, nothing ever bends

Just blue tape, glow, and you beside the wind

Drive with the windows down

Let the night unwind

Keep the summer in the backseat

Oh, our minds, those old songs, they'll bloom

When the clear winds come around

Something's never really

They just settle down

Shine like the windows down

Hearts grew sparks and downed

We were young and the world was ours

Right then, somehow

And I still hear you laugh

When the real come to life

It's summer now, the laughter's just driving we

Driving with me now

It′s summer never last

It's just driving with me now