You say what you are, but you know that I want you
Left a part of myself in California
We could lay in bed, or we could take a ride
To a sun-kissed place by the seaside
And now I'm wide awake
I see the sky but I didn't see the rain
And I couldn't hide and I couldn't feel the pain
And I know a way and I know what to find
But I want to stay in the summertime
You're trying to hide, but I'm trying to run
From a pretty face and a loaded gun
So we'll save our money, buy a car
Drive it across America
Before it gets too late
I see the sky but I didn't see the train
And I couldn't hide and I couldn't feel the pain
And I know a way and I know what to find
But I want to stay in the summertime
I want to stay in the summertime
And you say courage, my old friend
I've heard it all before
I'm digging up the flowerbeds
You're lying on the bathroom floor
Take the load off tired feet
Call this place your home
You'd rather watch the city sleep
I would rather go
I see the sky but I didn't see the train
And I couldn't hide and I couldn't feel the pain
And I know a way and I know what to find
But I want to stay in the summertime
I want to stay in the summertime