On certain Sundays

in November

when the weather

bothers me

I empty drawers

of other summers

where my shadows

used to be

She is standing

by the water

as her smile

begins to curl

In this or any

other summer

she is something

all together different

never just

an ordinary girl

And in the evenings

on Long Island

when the colours

start to fade

She wears a

silly yellow hat

that someone gave her

when she stayed

I didn't think

that she returned it

we left New York

in a whirl

Time expands

and then contracts

when you are spinning

in the grips of someone

who is not

an ordinary girl

And when you sleep

you find your

mother in the night

But she stays

just out of sight

so there isn't any

sweetness in the dreamin'

And when you wake

the morning

covers you with light

and it makes you

feel alright

But it's just

the same hard candy

you're rememberin' again

again

You send your

lover off to China

then you wait

for her to call

You put your girl

up on a pedestal

then you wait

for her to fall

I put my summers

back in a letter

and I hide it

from the world

All the regrets

you can't forget

are somehow pressed

upon a picture

in the face of such

an ordinary girl

And when you sleep

you find your

mother in the night

But she fades

just out of sight

so there isn't any

sweetness in the dreamin'

Yeah, when you wake

the morning

showers you with light

and it makes you

feel alright

But it's just

the same hard candy

you're rememberin' again

again, again, again...

It's just

the same hard candy

you're rememberin' again

again, again, again...

It's just

the same hard candy

you're rememberin' again

Go ask her

to come around

and see me late

after dark

Don't ask me

to come around

then wait to see

if there's a spark

Go ask her

to come around

and see me late

after dark

Don't ask me

to come around

then make me wait

to see the spark

Go ask her

to come around

later see me

after dark

Don't ask me

to come around

then wait to see

if there is a spark

Go ask her

to come around

later see me

after dark

Don't ask me

to come around

then wait to see

if there is a spark