til summer comes around

another long summer's come and gone

i don't know why it always ends this way

the boardwalk's quiet and the carnival rides

are as empty as my broken heart tonight

but i close my eyes and one more time

we're spinning around and you're holding on tightly

the words came out

i kissed your mouth

no fourth of july has ever burned so brightly

you had to go

i understand

but you promised you'd be back again

and so i wander 'round this town

'til summer comes around

i got a job working at the old park pier

and every summer now for five long years

i grease the gears

fix the lights

tighten bolts

straighten the tracks

and i count the days 'til you just might come back

but then i close my eyes and one more time

we're spinning around and you're holdin' on tightly

the words came out

i kissed your mouth

no fourth of july has ever burned so brightly

you had to go

i understand

but you swore that you'd be back again

and so i'm frozen in this town

'til summer comes around

oh and i close my eyes and you and i

are stuck on a ferris wheel rockin' with the motion

hand in hand we cried and laughed

knowing that love belonged to us girl

if only for a moment

and baby i'll be back again" you whispered in my ear