Midnight in the Summer

Verse 1

Windows down on the highway home

The radio hums a half-forgotten tune

We pulled off where the gravel ran thin

Kept the headlights off like we had something to lose

Pre-Chorus

And the air got thick with the smell of the pines

Your hand found mine through the dashboard light

I wasn't ready for the way you looked

Like midsummer saved for the dead of night

Chorus

Midnight in the summer

We were stars with nowhere to land

Midnight in the summer

You were salt and I was sand

Hold me till the sky goes pale

Let the morning wait its turn

Midnight in the summer

Is all I'll ever need to learn

Verse 2

We drew a circle in the dirt

Swore our names would stay that way

I said forever like it meant something new

You laughed and pulled me to the bay

Pre-Chorus

And the water sang its slow goodnight

A chorus only two could hold

I wasn't ready for the close

But every season turns to gold

Chorus

Midnight in the summer

We were stars with nowhere to land

Midnight in the summer

You were salt and I was sand

Hold me till the sky goes pale

Let the morning wait its turn

Midnight in the summer

Is all I'll ever need to learn

Bridge

The years roll past like waves ashore

But that one night keeps knocking at my door

I'd trade a thousand crowded days

For half an hour in your warm embrace

Chorus

Midnight in the summer

We were stars with nowhere to land

Midnight in the summer

You were salt and I was sand

Hold me till the sky goes pale

Let the morning wait its turn

Midnight in the summer

Is all I'll ever need to learn