Goodbye to Fireflies (2022 Remaster)

The streets are alive
With stray dogs barking
Fireflies
And Fireworks
Mountain sky
Is filled with lightening
Girls hold hands in rainbow skirts

Lovers embrace
On their porch steps
Palm trees bow
To the wind
Next door a teenage girl
Is crying
She said she was in love with him
A certain sadness drapes the summer's ending
A silent goodbye
To the lazy calm
No more swimming drunk
In reservoirs
Impulsive tattoos
On our arms

Goodbye to fireflies
Stoned lazy days
And humid nights
Time for the birds
To fly south
The very last kiss
On her watermelon mouth

So much for our
Anticipation
Swallowed by
November frustration
The days grow shorter
As summers end
Children say farewell to
Campground friends
A return to teachers
Who hate our guts
Overwhelming bosses
Who drive us nuts
September haunts us
With what could have been
Allegorical summers
Rust like tin

Goodbye to fireflies
Stoned lazy days
And humid nights
Time for the birds
To fly south
The very last kiss
On her watermelon mouth

Goodbye to fireflies
Stoned lazy days
And humid nights
Time for the birds
To fly south
The very last kiss
On her watermelon mouth