The summer's coming to an end
 Say goodbye to all your wandering friends
 And lovers, casual confidants
 Who shared your dreams
 When you were sixteen

 And you walked on the sands of glory
 With James and the gang
 You were one magnificent story
 You and James and the gang

 Pass the pipe and like the sun get higher
 In pack of roving wolverines
 Placing bets on every girl in teens and jeans
 Who eyed you suspiciously
 With your biblical hair
 And your mystical stare

 As you walked on the sands of glory
 With James and the gang
 You were one magnificent story
 You and James and the gang

 When all your illusions did lie in the palm of your hand
 And your limits were only the sky and the rolling sand
 And of every summer to come
 This summer would be the one
 You'd remember forever
 In your dreams

 Oh, twinkle, twinkle little star
 Did you ever wonder who you are
 And do you think that life is just a Belushi movie
 And the heartbreak years that lie ahead
 Be true to yourself and the Grateful Dead
 And remember the summer when all was hip and groovy

 And you walked on the sands of glory
 With James and the gang
 You were one magnificent story
 You and James and the gang

 Hush little baby, momma once was sixteen
 On the back of a Harley Davidson
 Boyfriend was a born again
 He shouted from the word of Jesus while doing 105
 Down the coast highway
 Only half a day from where

 You walked on the sands of glory
 With James and the gang
 You were one magnificent story
 You and James and the gang