[Intro - Female spoken, close mic] August did not leave polite. It just quit in the doorway with the screen still slapping. [Verse 1 - Female rap] AC rattling like it owed somebody money City heat sitting heavy on the stoop with no company I had a list on my phone called "do this before September" Half of it is groceries, half of it is you, I will not remember which one I meant when I wrote it at two in the morning Lip gloss melting off in the side-view, summer giving me warning Last rooftop speaker coughing through a song we never named I packed the sandals, left the good ones by your boots on purpose You said "stay a minute" like a minute is a lock August gave out mid-sentence. Did not even let me talk [Pre-Chorus - Female sung] I felt it in the concrete I felt it in my throat The air got sharp at midnight and neither of us spoke [Verse 2 - Male country] Cicadas quit like hired help on Friday Field went from green to tired in a day I had a cooler full of plans and one more weekend Then the sun sat down early like it had something to say Truck seat burned my shoulder, then it didn't Mama texted "bring a jacket just in case" I laughed and left it hanging, then I froze against the fence Last tomato still red on the vine and I left it Thought we'd pick it Sunday. Sunday came and we missed it You were standing in my kitchen like the season asked permission I poured two glasses, watched the ice admit the new condition August gave out on the county line, not in a speech It just stopped paying rent and put the cold within my reach [Pre-Chorus - Male sung] I felt it in the gravel I felt it in the truck The sky went from a warning to a promise changing luck [Chorus - Both] August gave out did not ask us first Left the porch light burning left a thirst on top of thirst We were talking like the weekend had another week to spend Then the air changed in the middle of a sentence, not the end August gave out and it took the easy heat Put your hand inside my jacket put the summer in the street If the year is gonna turn us let it turn us face to face August gave out we did not give up the place [Verse 3 - Female rap] People love to act like fall arrives with pumpkin language Cute. I watched a whole month die with no handshake in the damage My friends said come back downtown, we got plans on plans I said I got a man who parks crooked and still holds both my hands That is not a small thing when the nights start keeping score When the dress I wore in July don't walk me to the door Your town smells like cut grass giving up and gasoline My town smells like rain on hot brick, both of them are clean when I am next to you with the windows cracked a sliver August gave out. I stayed anyway. Call that whatever [Verse 4 - Male country] I used to think a season was a fence you see coming This one hopped the rail while I was humming We drove out past the fairgrounds where the rides were still asleep You said it feels like somebody swept summer off the street I said maybe that is mercy, maybe that is just the clock You put your feet on my dash like you bought the whole block I liked you in the heat. I like you in this thinner light If August had to fail us, fail us into something true Two jackets on one chair and nothing left to prove [Chorus - Both, bigger] August gave out did not ask us first Left the porch light burning left a thirst on top of thirst We were talking like the weekend had another week to spend Then the air changed in the middle of a sentence, not the end August gave out and it took the easy heat Put your hand inside my jacket put the summer in the street If the year is gonna turn us let it turn us face to face August gave out we did not give up the place [Bridge - Female, Male, then Both] [Female] I can still taste July on the back of my teeth I can still hear that speaker dying underneath [Male] I can still see that tomato we never took down I can still feel the sunburn we wore like a crown [Both] But the night got honest and the honest night stays If the month walked out we can still keep the days [Verse 5 - Trade lines] [Female] Tell me you felt it too, don't pretty it up [Male] I felt it when the first moth hit the porch cup [Female] Tell me we are not a summer on a shelf [Male] I kept the extra key and I kept it for myself [Female] Then say it in the cold so I know it can stand [Male] August gave out. I still want your hand [Final Chorus - Both, loudest] August gave out did not ask us first Left the porch light burning left a thirst on top of thirst We were talking like the weekend had another week to spend Then the air changed in the middle of a sentence, not the end August gave out and it took the easy heat Put your hand inside my jacket put the summer in the street If the year is gonna turn us let it turn us face to face August gave out we did not give up the place [Outro - Both, fading] The screen door slaps the ice is gone the month is done we are not done
