I have a vision
A perfect scene
We're in America, both just turned 18
School's out, the sun is high
Our favourite band is playing The Strip tonight
You pick me up in your parents' car
And we drive to a place where nobody is around
The ground is wet outside with the scent of the warm summer rain
I turn the stereo up and we sing along
At the top of our lungs to the anthems of summer
This is the perfect state
This is the perfect place
And then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
You make out with me
(When we make out)
This is the perfect summer
Then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
Then you make out with me
(When we make out)
Getting you off in the car
And yeah we're gonna get far away from here... to anywhere
(To anywhere)
And in this vision, you are the dream
You're my American cliché, my James Dean
The road is open, the roof is down
Got that wind in our hair as we speed from town to town
Starring in our own True Romance
Your tattoos to your lips and the cigarettes in your mouth
Every part of you's to enjoy, from your neck to your hips
My beautiful vagabond boy
This is the perfect state
This is the perfect way
And then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
You make out with me
(When we make out)
This is the perfect summer
Then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
Then you make out with me
(When we make out)
Getting you off in the car
Hell yeah we're gonna get far away from here
(This is the perfect summer)
And yeah, you never know baby, this could be a new beginning
We could get far away... to anywhere
(To anywhere)
Oh but here we are, lying on a bed
In some cold passing-through town somewhere in England
Oh this is not how it was supposed to be
It should be you and me in our fairytale situation
But this room is cold
The radiator's broken
There's a stale smell of smoke in the air
And we're not going anywhere
Anywhere
♪
(This is the perfect summer)
Let's replay this fantasy just one more time
Let's pretend we could be happy
Just close our eyes...
And then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
You make out with me
(When we make out)
This is the perfect summer
Then you make out with me
(You make out with me)
Then you make out with me
(When we make out)
Getting you off in the car
One day we're gonna get far away from here
(This is the perfect summer)
Getting you off in the car baby
Someday we're gonna get far away
From all of the things that we've seen
(This is the perfect summer)
(This is the perfect summer)
(This is the perfect summer)
(When we make out)
(This is the perfect summer)
This is all I ever wanted
(This is the perfect summer)
(This is the perfect summer)
This is all I ever dreamed
(This is the perfect summer)
That we could get far away... to anywhere
(To anywhere)