Summer Lens

I can see you through a summer lens Practicin' your violin Extra-large Dead Kennedys T-shirt Uncut grass and fair weather friends One on one, and two on two Sunburned knees, black and blue And when we popped the lid on the storm drain We just climbed on through Lookin' for skeletons draped in gold Secret riches yet untold And all we found was leaves and mud And somethin' you can't have or hold I wish I coulda stayed a little longer Memories fade as that old black ribbon unwinds No one ever says "so long forever" Even if it's gonna be the last time Snow fallin' down on '96 Was jumpin off the roof into it We traded in our bike chains For a blue and white horizon We built our fortress then 'Til the street lamps brought us in Pretty soon it was a cold river And the drain had robbed us again I wish I coulda stayed a little longer Memories fade as that old black ribbon unwinds No one ever says "so long forever" Even if it's gonna be the last time Sweet sixteen in a seafood shack Guess I was born a setting sun I don't think about it much I think about it some And I wish I coulda stayed a little longer