So Many Summers

When I was just eight years old

I'd take my bike and hit the road

Supper time by the time I'd get back home

My dog Skeeter and a climbing tree

I'd read a book, set my mind free

I was Wonder Woman in the yard

Dirt under my nails, playing hard

It was a good day

Yeah, that was a good day

You only get so many summers

So many glasses of sweet tea

So many calls home to your mama

So get up, make a memory

Life's a short trip round the sun

Full of love and wonder

Blue skies will fade to red

'Cause you only get so many summers

Thirty-four, got a call from a girlfriend

Dropped it all, drove to the beach for the weekend

And I didn't know it then

That'd be the last time

Drank margaritas 'til the stars said goodnight

Laughed and cried about how time flies

And damn, it was hard to say goodbye

But that was a good day

Yeah, that was a good day

You only get so many summers

So many walks in the sand

So many I love you's

So say 'em when you can

Life's a short trip round the sun

Full of love and wonder

Blue skies will fade to red

'Cause you only get so many summers

So many summers

That's what makes it sweet, I guess

You only get so many summers

So many summers

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