In the summer I was waiting
For the daughter of a drunk and a waitress
To recover, to get better
Till the last day of the summer had blown over

The birds were singing a last goodbye
The only thing that could be heard
Except for the sobbing and dropping of tears
A loss of someone who'd really been gone for years

Sky was bluer than ever before
Our minds were bluer than ever before
Attacks of free sharks in the harbor
Far from all this misery is misery

Here they sit in the pouring sun
All day long just wasting time
All day long just waiting
For a stranger's eye and a stranger's smile

In the trembling air for the laughter
And eyes rolling round in your head
Till the day you drop dead on your side
On the living room floor
As I took the bus loaded with stuff

And oceans of sweat pouring down on my back
Oceans of sweat pouring down on my back

In the summer I was waiting
For the daughter of a drunk and a waitress
To recover, to get better
Till the last day of the summer had blown over