This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Now this is somethin' from back in the day
I'll always remember Run DMC
And all the good times
That we had on the beach
Stealing sips from a paper cup
And making out in the sand
Maybe I'm dreaming
Can you tell me
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
I'll always remember everything we do
Rockin' the eighties blastin' KROQ
I remember Culture Club
The Clash, and Men Without Hats
Seems kind of funny right now
But it's taking me back
We'd always sing along
And laugh out loud at ourselves
Don't want to stop dreaming
Can you tell me
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
I want to rewind every time
'Cause the words have so much meaning
They were there when nobody cared
Always knew what I was feeling
Stay tonight don't leave me reminiscing
All I do is wind up missing you
And you missing
Are you missing me
na na na
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
I'll always remember Run DMC
And all the good times
That we had on the beach
Stealing sips from a paper cup
And making out in the sand
Maybe I'm dreaming
Can you tell me
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
I'll always remember everything we do
Rockin' the eighties blastin' KROQ
I remember Culture Club
The Clash, and Men Without Hats
Seems kind of funny right now
But it's taking me back
We'd always sing along
And laugh out loud at ourselves
Don't want to stop dreaming
Can you tell me
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
I want to rewind every time
'Cause the words have so much meaning
They were there when nobody cared
Always knew what I was feeling
Stay tonight don't leave me reminiscing
All I do is wind up missing you
And you missing
Are you missing me
na na na
Do you remember
The summers that lasted so long
June til September
Was our time to sing all the songs
Do you remember
All of us together
As we grew up under the sun
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget
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ultimate summer song to just chill out with your old buddies, and reminise about how it was back in the day and spending those long hot days growin up together in the sun.
makes me think of summers @ the beach, meeting tons of hot surfer dudes, stuff like that
This song is so like...great because you don't even want to think about the lyrics. Its a cool sound and it's a relaxing summer song. A song that you wanna listen to cruisin down the road. Love it . Sugar Ray is amazing.
or crusing in your boat ;)
this really reminds me of me and my mates in the summer i recently moved away and we used to skate and do all the things in the song got to b one of my faves just to remember old times i even sometimes cry wen i hear it
a lot of the things in this song that he reminices about, ive done too. its an awesome song to relax to
One part of the song seems to mention him missing someone, possibly a girl (guy?). As if he misses someone he used to be with, and now he's calling her out, asking her to come back to him. He's been thinkin' about her, and all he has is the memories. He doesn't want memories, he wants that person.
This reminds me of summer, and this song is great. Its the type of song you'd just chill to while driving to the beach.
this is such a great song. it really really reminds me of how good summers are, & how much i miss them.
This song is obviously about summer, but I also agree with Danny. He is also talking about a girl, so it leads me to believe that hes talking about a summer memories with a girl that he misses also.