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It makes me smile

 To think of what we dreamed of

Where are those sons of summer now

With their wild-haired women in their

patchwork gowns

 Who could laugh the lights away

 Nights on the beach and bay

The course on farms

And the course in the bar

 Sweet smokin' in the back of the car

Always the first time shines to last like a morning star

Like a morning star

It's been a while since the last time we were dancing

Where are those sons of summer now

With their long-limbed ladies who all knew how

 To chase the blues away

 I've got the blues today

Your ivy days and your clubhouse ways

Wine mug nights when the music played

Love that is real will not fade away like a morning star

 Like a morning star

Where are those sons of summer now

The winter has come

 And you don't know how to turn your

Dreams into coal

 Your books won't hold you

The woods get cold

 And I feel too old

I begin to questioning your schoolboy soul

Clever remarks that once won my heart

 When the fire won't light

 Will they lose their spark

 And I can't help but get a little bit blue

Thinking about the precious nothing we once knew