Monday, September 06, 2004
The end of summer
Jason Samenow @ 11:00 PM
Nobody on the road/Nobody on the beach/I feel it in the air/The summer's out of reach/Empty lake, empty streets/The sun goes down alone/I'm drivin' by your house/Though I know you're not home...
But I can see you-/Your brown skin shinin' in the sun/You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby/And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong/After the boys of summer have gone...
- Don Henley, "Boys of Summer"
The show goes on, and the sad-eyed sisters go walking on/Everyone watching all along/The show goes on, as the autumn's coming and the summer's all gone/Still without you, the show goes on ....
- Bruce Hornsby, "The Show Goes On"
Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain/Summertime has come and gone and everybody's home again/Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs/I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years
These are the last words I have to say/That's why this took so long to write/There will be other words some other day/But that's the story of my life
There's comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall/They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall/They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade/Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade...
- Billy Joel, "Famous Last Words"