End Of The Summer Lyrics - Singles - Dar Williams

The summer ends 

And we wonder where we are 

And there you go, my friends 

With your boxes in your car 

And you both look so young 

And last night was hard, you said 

You packed up every room 

And then you cried and went to bed 

But today you closed the door 

And said, "We have to get a move on" 

Its just that time of year 

When we push ourselves ahead 

We push ourselves ahead 

And it was cloudy in the morning 

And it rained as you drove away 

And the same things looked different 

Its the end of the summer 

Its the end of the summer 

When you move to another place 

And I feel like the neighbors girl 

Who will never be the same 

She walked alone all spring 

She had a boyfriend when the summer came 

And he gave her flowers 

In a lightning storm 

They disappeared at night 

In green fields of silver corn 

And sometime in July 

She just forgot that he was leaving 

So when the fields were dying 

She held on to his sleeves 

She held on to his sleeves 

And she doesnt want to let go 

Cause she wont know what shes up against 

The classrooms and the smart girls 

Its the end of the summer 

Its the end of the summer 

When you hang your flowers up to dry 

And I had a dream 

It blows the autumn through my head 

It felt like the first day of school 

But I was going to the moon instead 

And I walked down the hall 

With the notebooks they got for me 

My dad, led me through the house 

My mom, drank instant coffee 

And I knew that I would crash 

But I didnt want to tell them 

There are just some moments 

When your family makes sense 

And they just make sense 

So I raised up my arms 

And my mother put the sweater on 

We walked out on the dark and frozen grass 

The end of the summer 

Its the end of the summer 

When you send your children to the moon 

The summer ends 

And we wonder who we are 

And there you go, my friends 

With your boxes in your car 

And today I passed the high school 

The river, the maple tree 

I passed the farms that made it 

Through the last days of the century 

And I knew, that I was gonna to learn again 

Again, in this less hazy light 

I saw the fields beyond the fields 

The fields beyond the fields 

And the colors are much brighter now 

Its like they really want to tell the truth 

We give our testimony 

To the end of the summer 

Its the end of the summer 

You can spin the light to gold