Shade Can't Save You

Sun on the hood, heat on my heels Old friends roll up with cooler-steel wheels Lip gloss melting, radio loud Summer walks in like it owns this town Porch light flickers, everybody's late Same wild smiles at the same old gate You say it's ninety, I laugh at the facts Baby, that thermometer's scared to talk back Ice in the cup, sparks in the street Your hand finds mine like a drum finds beat Don't blame the weather for the way you move This kind of fever got nothing to prove We got windows down and trouble dressed clean Sweat on the glass, little gasoline dream Old friends holler, "Where you been?" I say, "Getting hotter. Let the night begin." Shade can't save you when the sun gets bold Shade can't save you when I pull you close Hotter than July, sweeter than the truth If you came to cool off, I got bad news We bounce, we burn, we laugh like fools Old friends, new sparks, no rules Shade can't save you, no, not tonight Summertime's got teeth and it bites just right Flip-flops snapping on the blacktop beat Somebody's ex is acting brand-new sweet I fan my face with a parking ticket Say, "If looks could grill, baby, you'd be brisket" Cooler runs low but the stories don't We swear we'll leave, then we absolutely won't Your grin says danger, my grin says please Steam on the mirror, salt in the breeze Shade can't save you when the sun gets bold Shade can't save you when I pull you close Hotter than July, sweeter than the truth If you came to cool off, I got bad news We bounce, we burn, we laugh like fools Old friends, new sparks, no rules Shade can't save you, no, not tonight Summertime's got teeth and it bites just right Remember us at seventeen? Borrowed cars and drugstore dreams Now we got rent and scars and keys Still chasing sunsets shamelessly Come here, honey, quit acting shy You look like trouble in a lemon-slice sky If the night gets messy, let it Good times never came pre-edited Shade can't save you when the sun gets bold Shade can't save you when I pull you close Hotter than July, sweeter than the truth If you came to cool off, I got bad news We bounce, we burn, we laugh like fools Old friends, new sparks, no rules Shade can't save you, no, not tonight Summertime's got teeth and it bites just right Old friends shouting down the avenue Heat lightning winks like it knows me and you Let the moon sweat, let the porch light glow Summer says yes, so baby, let's go