Sounds of Summer

Album: Riser (2014)
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  • It's a tractor firin' up
    Kids playin' in a field
    Four wheels gettin' stuck
    A line singin' out a fishin' reel
    It's a cooler slidin' in the bed of a truck
    A tin roof drippin' rain
    Your baby sayin', come pick me up
    Take me down to the riverbank

    These are sounds goin' down in a nowhere town
    Underneath the wide open sky
    It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere
    Can't you hear it comin' alive?
    Makes you wanna drop it down a gear
    And kill a couple of beers
    Been waitin' all year, now it's finally here
    Back around, these are the sounds of summer

    It's the flick of a lighter lightin' up a little smoke
    Boots climbin' barbwire, a little spot nobody goes
    Lawn chairs breakin' out in the yard to the firework boom
    Hearin' a heart beatin' in the dark, sayin' that she wants to

    These are sounds goin' down in a nowhere town
    Underneath the wide open sky
    It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere
    Can't you hear it comin' alive?
    Makes you wanna drop it down a gear
    And kill a couple of beers
    Been waitin' all year, now it's finally here
    Back around, these are the sounds of summer
    Yeah the sounds of summer

    'Round here that's what it's all about
    So listen up and look around
    It's who we are, it's what we love
    So tonight let's crank 'em up

    These sounds goin' down in a nowhere town
    Underneath the wide open sky
    It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere
    Can't you hear it comin' alive?
    It goes way too fast, it all disappears
    And when it's gone, we'll still be here
    Hangin' 'round, missin' the sounds of summer
    Missin' the sounds of summer
    The sounds of summer
    Yeah, the sounds of summer Writer/s: ADAM SANDERS, MATT JENKINS, MILLER CROWELL, ZACH CROWELL
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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