Your everlasting summer 

You can see it fading fast 

So you grab a piece of something 

That you think is gonna last 

You wouldn't know a diamond 

If you held it in your hand 

The things you think are precious 

I can't understand 





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Are you reelin' in the years 

Stowin' away the time 

Are you gatherin' up the tears 

Have you had enough of mine 





You been tellin' me you're a genius 

Since you were seventeen 

In all the time I've known you 

I still don't know what you mean 

The weekend at the college 

Didn't turn out like you planned 

The things that pass for knowledge 

I can't understand 





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I spend a lot of money 

And I spent a lot of time 

The trip we made in Hollywood 

Is etched upon my mind 

After all the things we've done and seen 

You find another man 

The things you think are useless 

I can't understand 



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