Nine Summers Lost

Words get the best of me, life's on hold
Rain got me standing in my sad Sunday clothes, sad Sunday clothes
Hearts can be broken only so many ways
Nine kids down in under thirty days, under thirty days

Nine summers lost, nine lovely little dreams
Nine summers lost, words get the best of me

First came the fathers and then came the wives
All hurting to know the value of a life, value of a life
Some get sorry, the young get old
They all feel they can't take no more, take no more

Nine summers lost, nine lovely little dreams
Nine summers lost, words get the best of me

Darkened sounds creep through the wall next door
Say goodbye to the world you dragged across the floor, dragged across the floor
Early morning took you away in a new car
On the way downtown than it rained inside your heart, rained inside your heart

Nine summers lost, nine lovely little dreams
Nine summers lost, words get the best of me
Words get the best of me