Summertime Clothes

Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
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  • Summer
    Summer
    Summer
    Summer

    Sweet summer night and I'm stripped to my sheets
    Forehead is leaking, my AC squeaks
    And a voice from the clock says, "You're not gonna get tired"
    My bed is a pool and the walls are on fire
    I soak my head in the sink for a while
    Chills on my neck and it makes me smile but
    My bones have to move and my skin's gotta breathe
    You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved

    You slide down your stairs to the heated street
    And the sun has left us with slippery feet

    And I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you

    And be here with you, we're goin'

    It doesn't really matter, I'll go where you feel
    Hunt for the breeze, get a midnight meal
    I point in the windows, you point out the parks
    Rip off your sleeves and I'll ditch my socks
    We'll dance to the songs from the cars as they pass
    Weave through the cardboard, smell that trash
    Walking around in our summertime clothes
    Nowhere to go while our bodies glow

    And we'll greet the dawn in its morning blues
    With purple yawn, you'll be sleeping soon

    And I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you

    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
    When the sun goes down, we'll go out again

    Don't cool off, I like your warmth

    Let's leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain
    It's easy to sleep when it wets my brain
    It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen
    Kissing the wind through my window screen
    The restlessness calls us, that I cannot hide
    So much on my mind that it spills outside
    Do you want to go stroll down the financial street?
    Our clothes might get soaked, but the buildings sleep

    And there's no one pushing for a place
    Let's meander at an easy pace

    And I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you
    I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you
    And I want to walk around with you

    Just you, just you, just you, just you
    Just you, just you, just you, just you
    Just you, just you, just you, just you
    Just you, just you, just you, just you Writer/s: Brian Ross Weitz, David Michael Portner, Noah Benjamin Lennox
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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