[Intro] [Vinyl crackle. Soft electric piano and warm sub bass.] Summer always smells like gasoline and cut grass... Like something good is about to happen. [Verse 1] Purple sky above the rooftops Radio humming low Everybody's chasing somewhere Nobody moving slow Streetlights waking one by one Windows glowing gold Laughter drifting from the porches Stories being told We were kings of empty parking lots Plastic cups and cheap cologne Talking like the world was ending Knowing we'd never be this young [Pre-Chorus] Fireflies beside the river Moon hanging soft and bright For a little while the city Forgot how to be unkind [Chorus] Everything looks gold after midnight Neon swimming in our eyes Hands outside the car windows Cutting shapes into the sky Everything feels possible tonight Like the years all turned to dust Maybe happiness is simple... Just summer finding us [Verse 2] Corner store and cherry soda Old songs everybody knows Somebody brought a battered speaker Somebody stole the show Friends dancing beneath the streetlights Like nobody had to leave For one perfect little moment Life became easy to believe [Bridge] No broken hearts No looking back No ghosts waiting in the dark Just warm pavement Summer air And the stars remembering our names [Final Chorus] Everything looks gold after midnight Every face lit from within Maybe heaven isn't someplace... Maybe heaven's moments like this Everything feels possible tonight Nothing more we need to prove The whole world keeps turning slowly... And we're turning with it
