Barefoot Summer

Verse 1

Backyard sprinkler on a July afternoon

Mama calling us in when the sky turned gold

We didn't know a thing about the rent

Didn't count a single coin we held

Pre-Chorus

Oh the days were long and slow

No one told us where to go

Wish I'd known to hold on tight

Chorus

Take me back to simple

Take me back to small

Where nothing really mattered

And I had it all

Take me back to laughing

Barefoot in the yard

Life was just a feeling

Not a race to run so hard

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) take me back

(Oh-oh) take me back

Verse 2

Summer stretched forever like a screen door

Barefoot on the pavement warm and worn

Nobody asked me what I'd be

I was busy being born

Pre-Chorus

Now the mornings come too fast

Every year a little less

I would trade it all to feel that way again

Chorus

Take me back to simple

Take me back to small

Where nothing really mattered

And I had it all

Take me back to laughing

Barefoot in the yard

Life was just a feeling

Not a race to run so hard

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) take me back

(Oh-oh) take me back

Bridge

I wanted to grow up so badly

Now I'd give anything to stay

In that little house

In that little town

Where worry never found me

Chorus

Take me back to simple

Take me back to small

Where nothing really mattered

And I had it all

Take me back to laughing

Barefoot in the yard

Life was just a feeling

Not a race to run so hard

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) take me back

(Oh-oh) take me back

(Oh-oh) take me back