Ice Cream Dream

hard Synthwave rock, happy and excited aged female vocals, syncopated drums, ‑Country

V5.5

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Can you hear the bells?
Can you feel the air start to shake?
It’s the only promise
That the neighborhood won't break

[Chorus]
It was an ice cream dream in the summer of ‘85
We were chasing down the taste of living fine
Blue-stained smiles and a sticky chin
Wishing the sun would never tuck us in
Just a wooden stick and a paper wrap
Mapping out the world on a cul-de-sac
Yeah, we lived for the cold and the sugar-high gleam
Lost in the middle of an ice cream dream

[Verse 2]
Orange push-pops and the rocket red glares
Dividing the stash on the porch-swing stairs
We didn’t know much about the ticking of clocks
Just the melting mess on our mid-calf socks
Gravity’s a thief when the cone starts to lean
The quickest heartbreak a kid’s ever seen
But we’d wipe the tears and we’d bite the crust
Building our kingdoms in the settling dust

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now the colors bleed
Like a sunset on the street
Running 'til we’re breathless
Just to get something sweet

[Bridge]
Now I’m driving a car with the windows up tight
Passing the park in the neon light
But sometimes a scent or a certain chord
Takes me back to the things I could then afford
When the world was as small as a waffle bowl
And the sweetness was enough to feed my soul

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
(Chime sounds fading in the distance)
Keep the change...
Yeah, keep the change.
Just a summer of ‘85 dream.

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[Verse 1] Screen door slamming like a starting gun Racing the shadows and the 4 o'clock sun Barefoot sprints on the driveway heat Hoping the driver’s coming down our street I can hear the music from three blocks away That distorted jingle of a holiday Nickels and dimes sweaty in my palm Before the evening turned still and calm [Pre-Chorus 1] Can you hear the bells? Can you feel the air start to shake? It’s the only promise That the neighborhood won't break [Chorus] It was an ice cream dream in the summer of ‘85 We were chasing down the taste of living fine Blue-stained smiles and a sticky chin Wishing the sun would never tuck us in Just a wooden stick and a paper wrap Mapping out the world on a cul-de-sac Yeah, we lived for the cold and the sugar-high gleam Lost in the middle of an ice cream dream [Verse 2] Orange push-pops and the rocket red glares Dividing the stash on the porch-swing stairs We didn’t know much about the ticking of clocks Just the melting mess on our mid-calf socks Gravity’s a thief when the cone starts to lean The quickest heartbreak a kid’s ever seen But we’d wipe the tears and we’d bite the crust Building our kingdoms in the settling dust [Pre-Chorus 2] Now the colors bleed Like a sunset on the street Running 'til we’re breathless Just to get something sweet [Chorus] It was an ice cream dream in the summer of ‘85 We were chasing down the taste of living fine Blue-stained smiles and a sticky chin Wishing the sun would never tuck us in Just a wooden stick and a paper wrap Mapping out the world on a cul-de-sac Yeah, we lived for the cold and the sugar-high gleam Lost in the middle of an ice cream dream [Bridge] Now I’m driving a car with the windows up tight Passing the park in the neon light But sometimes a scent or a certain chord Takes me back to the things I could then afford When the world was as small as a waffle bowl And the sweetness was enough to feed my soul [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] It was an ice cream dream in the summer of ‘85 We were chasing down the taste of living fine Blue-stained smiles and a sticky chin Wishing the sun would never tuck us in Just a wooden stick and a paper wrap Mapping out the world on a cul-de-sac Yeah, we lived for the cold and the sugar-high gleam Lost in the middle of an ice cream dream [Outro] (Chime sounds fading in the distance) Keep the change... Yeah, keep the change. Just a summer of ‘85 dream.

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