Only in Summer

Intro

She's married.

She stays married.

I get her only in summer.

That's the whole song.

Verse 1

I've been her summer for years

Not her life

Her husband gets the house

The name

The rest of the calendar

I get her only in summer

Then she goes home

I knew that the first year

I still booked the second

And the third

And this one

I wait all winter like it's going to change

It doesn't

Chorus

Crumbs

I take them

I say thank you

Only in summer she pretends I'm enough

Then she puts the ring back on

She keeps him

I keep coming

That's not love

That's me

Verse 2

In summer she laughs like she's free

Then she's his wife again

I watch it happen

I still act surprised

I tell myself she'll leave

She won't

I tell myself this is temporary

It's not

I'm the holiday

He's the home

And I keep signing up

for the same summer

Bridge

If I don't show next year

She won't come looking

She'll have her summer anyway

Same sea

Same lie

I know

I'll still be there

Chorus

Crumbs

I take them

I say thank you

Only in summer she pretends I'm enough

Then she puts the ring back on

She keeps him

I keep coming

That's not love

That's me

Outro

Next year?

Yes.

I've learned nothing.

Sit.

Stay.

Wait for crumbs.