So
So
So
So

Seems that one night I would string to my sheets
Forehead is leaking, but hey she squeaks
And I'm lost in the clock, friend says you're gonna get tired
I'm dead as a pool and the walls are on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
Chills on my neck and it makes me smile
The both of them move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down the stairs and I hear you scream
The sun is laughing it's a slippery feel
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With you, with you

It doesn't really matter how good you feel
Harmful breathes to the midnight meal
I pull down the the window as you point out the cops
Pull off your sleeves and I ditch my socks
Dancing to the songs with the cars in their bags
Went to the convoy, smell that trash
Walking around in our summertime clothes
Know where to go when our bodies go
And we'll breathe it down this morning bloom
With the purple young, and you're sleeping soon
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you

With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in

Don't cool off, lay it all off

Let's see the sound of the heat from the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when I'm with my brain
You close my rest with a saccharin sheen
Kissing my wind through my window screen
The words are as close that I cannot hide
Too much on my mind, let's build outside
Do you wanna go stroll down and find a little stream?
My clothes are not soaked, but they're building sweet
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we act around an easy pace

And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you

Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you


Lyrics submitted by Jack_Strife, edited by SnowIsGone, laurentertaining, NoahTheDuke

Summertime Clothes Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Brian Ross Weitz

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    My Interpretation

    I think the line "Foreman is leaking" should be "Forehead is leaking." Unless he's talking about a foreman taking a piss in his bedroom (which could also explain the pool in his bed...), it makes alot more sense that he would be sweating on a hot summer night.

    brianh1818on January 06, 2009   Link

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