Can someone say, Taylor Swift or maybe Kelly Clarkson even Sara Bareilles? That is the feel these lyrics gave me.
The truest love and pain of youth and innocence. Heartbreak on the cusp of experience, molding how and who we would love in the future.
I can hear a carefree and bubbly melody, dipping into a touching bridge and outro. Maybe leaving the door open to love again.
**
VERSE ONE:
I'd forgotten how it felt
But I'd felt this thing before
That summer my heart melted
For the boy who lived next door
A white t-shirt and muscle car
Parking late nights, by the lake
We promised not to go too far
By summers end, it was too late
**
CHORUS:
I can hear the engine revving
Of that souped up GTO
It takes me back and I'm reliving
Those old songs, on the radio
Our love only lasted a summer
Then you headed down the road
But those memories are forever
And I'll always want to go, home again
**
VERSE TWO:
It was college after high school
And we swore we'd keep in touch
But I knew I was the fool
It was just a teenage crush
Phone calls turned to texts
And soon, no reply at all
I knew what would come next
It was my heart that took the fall
**
PRE CHORUS:
Too young to fall in love, it was a romance of the summer
I always thought you were the one, but you were just a backseat lover
**
CHORUS:
I can hear the engine revving
Of that souped up GTO
It takes me back and I'm reliving
Those old songs, on the radio
Our love only lasted a summer
Then you headed down the road
But those memories are forever
And I'll always want to go, home again
**
BRIDGE:
What is it about 3am
That wakes me from my dreams
The desire to go back again
Making a fool of me
The hands of time was tied
And love slipped right through my hands
I hug my pillow tight
Reliving how it could have been
**
CHORUS:
I can hear the engine revving
Of that souped up GTO
It takes me back and I'm reliving
Those old songs, on the radio
Our love only lasted a summer
Then you headed down the road
But those memories are forever
And I'll always want to go, home again
**
VERSE THREE:
For fifteen years he haunted me
I feared to fall again
But as he fell upon his knee
My mind remembers when
I surrendered to a feeling
To a boy, who never could have been
This man who stands before me
Stirring that love in me, again
**
PRE CHORUS:
Too young to fall in love, it was a romance of the summer
I always thought you were the one, but you were just a backseat lover
I’ve found the love I’d hoped to find, before I knew what true love meant
And he desires to be mine, returning all the tears I spent
**
CHORUS:
I can hear the engine revving
Of that souped up GTO
It takes me back and I'm reliving
Those old songs, on the radio
Our love only lasted a summer
Then you headed down the road
But those memories are forever
And I'll always want to go, home again
**
OUTRO:
Grateful for the lessons now I have all the love I need
You showed me the love you gave, was nothing more than just a seed
Our love lasted a summer
Then you headed down the road
But those memories are forever
And I've finally found my way, home again
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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