Dance until we just can't,
Keep clappin' our hands to the songs
And keep dancin' around to the joyful sound that the band plays
As his smiling face just shines away
It's moving through town as big as a train

April, May, June and July we'll hang outside
August through February all the time
Talking our way through March
Hanging out always 'til this starts
Over and over again, you promise that it won't end
So I will try to find a rhyme to thank you again

And how I, I am not into the idea of living without you
And I, I am not into the idea of being without you
And no, this won't be a sad song
There's gonna be claps and singing along
'Cause sad songs about now, well that would just feel wrong

Beautiful colors they came from you
So this ones goes out to the reds and yellows and blues
And of course I can't forget, all the beautiful colors on the day that we first met
So I will never know the right way
To say thanks for all the nights and days you spent hanging out
But that's what this is about

And how I, I am not into the idea of living without you
And I, I am not into the idea of being without you
And no, this won't be a sad song
There's gonna be claps and singing along
'Cause you're there when to talk and you're there not to stop and you're with me
Around the clock
You are! You are!
Around the clock
Yes you are!
Around the clock

And just so y'all know know everyone else is not
So I, I am not into the idea of living without you
And I, I am not into the idea...
And no, this won't be a sad song
There's gonna be claps and singing along
'Cause you're there when to talk and you're there not to stop and you're with me around the clock


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    pretty much honored to be the first to comment on what is a truely amazing song. favorite lines, without a doubt:

    And no, this won't be a sad song There's gonna be claps and singing along

    p.s. i love bryce avary.

    AllAboutThoseWordson April 28, 2005   Link
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    This is the first song I heard off the new cd and it was immediatly my favorite.. to me it is about this girl I met in college this year that has turned out to be one of my best friends, and we are seperated for the summer until school starts again. Wonderful song.

    samethreewordson May 19, 2005   Link
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    This is the first song I heard off the new cd and it was immediatly my favorite.. to me it is about this girl I met in college this year that has turned out to be one of my best friends, and we are seperated for the summer until school starts again. Wonderful song.

    samethreewordson May 19, 2005   Link
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    this is definitely not a sad song. hearing this makes me really happy :) he's got a great talent for this. i love the lyrics, especially this as AllAboutThoseWords said above.

    And no, this won't be a sad song There's gonna be claps and singing along

    Indigo*Hippieon June 24, 2005   Link
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    this is an amazing song. i love the part "Beautiful colors that came for you.So this ones goes out to the reds and yellows and blues.And of course I can't forget, all the beautiful colors on the day that we first met"

    SoLyrical33on August 20, 2005   Link
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    I went to his concert last night in SLC and this was the opening song. oh MAN it was AMAZiNG live... everyone was clapping and dancing and singing along! ;)

    TimesXinfinityon November 06, 2005   Link
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    my favortie lines are "I am not into the idea of being without you". Its just so sweet and simple

    cjpon December 10, 2005   Link
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    nice username cjp. -cpj

    and yeah gotta love this song

    cpj1607on January 15, 2006   Link
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    Clearly Bryce Avery was in a state of intense puppy love when he wrote this =] This is probably my favorite Rocket Summer song, it's so cute and romantic and cheerful. I definately melt when he sings "and I, I am not into the idea of being without you"

    badtowndisasteron April 04, 2006   Link
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    hehe puppy love. i agree. :) its just so cute. -- gives me butterflies.

    tabby_abby08on May 16, 2006   Link

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