Backseat Summer, 2003

Streetlights blink like movie scenes on a cracked-up mile

Cheap soda fizzing in the cup holder, I was trying not to smile

You laughed through the static on the radio glow

And the whole world felt electric in the after-school flow

Windows down, we were chasing that groove

Every little second felt too bright to hold

I didn't know then what the night would prove

Just a first crush heartbeat in a summer groove

And we drove like summer would last forever

Leon in the rearview, getting lost together

Cheap soda, love songs, heights running wild

We were young, we were brave, we were all that style

Take me back to tomorrow glow

Where the best nights drift in the afterglow

And if time tried to steal that light

We were singing it back into the night

Peaches in the distance, torn up jeans and sparks

Handwritten names in the dust all night dark

You looked at me like the answer was near

Like forever was a feeling we could keep back here

Windows down, we were chasing echoes

Every little second felt a pride to hold

I didn't know then, but the night would prove

Just a first crush heartbeat in a summer groove

And we drove like sauna

Would last forever

Neon in the rearview

Getting lines together

She sung love songs

Hearts running wild

We were young, we were brave

We were all that's down

Take me back to the Monroe Glow

Where the best nights lived in the afterglow

And if time tried to steal that light

We were singing it back into the night

Now the years roll on like a river of rain

But I still hear that engine in my veins

One more minute, one more turn, one more song

Back when the whole wide future felt young and long

We drove right summer, the lost forever

Neon in the rearview, getting lost together

Cheap soda, love songs, hearts running wild

We were young, we were brave, we were all best found

Take me back to the Monroe Grove

Where the best nights lived in the afternoon

And if time tried to steal our light

We'll keep singing it, ducking to the night

Summer

Would last forever

Summer

Would last forever