Intro (Car radio scanning stations. A familiar guitar riff appears.) "Where are we going?" "Somewhere different." "Have we been there?" "Probably." --- Verse 1 The car is still unreliable, The cone is in the back. The map is missing pages, The caravan might be back. The dashboard light is blinking, The passenger door won't close. But somehow all the problems Are the things we'll miss the most. --- Chorus We'll be back next summer, Same road, different shoes. Back next summer, With another bad excuse. We'll forget the directions, We'll lose another sign. But if the car keeps moving, We'll be doing just fine. --- Verse 2 The petrol station's quieter, The waitress knows our face. She says, "You two again?" We say, "We were just passing through this place." The dog on the roundabout Looks older but still proud. The traffic cone is famous now, Apparently it has a crowd. --- Chorus We'll be back next summer, When the weather turns strange. Back next summer, When nothing has changed. We'll bring less money, We'll make more mistakes. We'll buy another souvenir That nobody wants us to take. --- Instrumental Break (Full-band release. Fast bass line. Handclaps. Guitar melody references earlier album hooks. Backing vocals chant: "Next summer! Next summer!") --- Bridge Maybe we weren't travelling. Maybe we were just delaying. Maybe every wrong turn Was exactly where we were staying. --- Final Chorus We'll be back next summer, If the engine still starts. Back next summer, With the same broken hearts. The road keeps calling, The road always wins. We'll leave with empty pockets And come back full again. --- Outro (Engine starts. Radio clicks on.) A voice from the radio: "You're nearly there." Pause. "Again." (The opening guitar riff from Track 1 fades in.)
