It's far beyond your reach
It holds a place in time
Somewhere ahead is the back of the line
I can't relate to your mistakes
Awkwardly speaking with nothing to say

Caught up in your life, excuses are so lame
You may be different but I'm still the same
The reasons that you thought
The intention that you caught
You say things are simple
We both know they're not
You can't let it go

Whoa, you can't but I know
Whoa, whoa, you don't even know

It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, what you do

A million questions asked
The remnants of the past
You've always been denied
But always by your side
I've always tried to, to understand you
The world's not learning from you
Whoa, whoa

It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, more in what you say
It's not in what you do, what you do


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Summer Lyrics as written by Greig Nori Deryck Whibley

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    This is one of my fav Sum songs..i blasted it as soon as i got out of school!

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