Another long summer's come and gone

I don't know why it always ends this way

The boardwalk's quiet and the carnival rides

Are as empty as my broken heart tonight



But I close my eyes and one more time

We're spinning around and you're holding me tightly

The words came out, I kissed your mouth

No Fourth of July has ever burned so brightly

You had to go, I understand

But you promised you'd be back again

And so I wander 'round this town

Til summer comes around



I got a job working at the old park peir

And every summer now for five long years

I grease the gears, fix the lights, tighten bolts, straighten the tracks

And I count the days til you just might come back



Oh and I close my eyes and you and I

Are stuck on a ferris wheel rockin with the motion

Hand in hand we cried and laughed

Knowing that love belonged to us girl, if only for a moment

And "Baby I'll be back again" you whispered in my ear

Bot now the winter win os the only sound

And everything is closing down

Til summer comes around