[Verse 1] There’s a bar below the last streetlight Where the clocks don’t bother moving Bottles line the wall from floor to ceiling Names and dates beneath the dust Peaches wait beside the register Golden underneath the light Nobody reaches for their wallet Nobody asks the price [Pre-Chorus] The bartender says, “Choose one.” The stranger says, “I know.” [Chorus] The summer of ’87 Sleeping in a bottle now He took a peach and left the bar Without remembering why The summer of ’87 Still shining through the glass He never turned to look again At the summer that he had [Verse 2] The bottle hadn’t been there before Now it stood between two others “First Snow, 1974” “The Day She Said My Name” The stranger touched the empty place Where something used to be Then laughed as if he’d missed a joke That everyone could see [Pre-Chorus] The bartender wiped the counter clean And put the bottle on the shelf [Chorus] The summer of ’87 Sleeping in a bottle now He took a peach and left the bar Without remembering why The summer of ’87 Still shining through the glass He never turned to look again At the summer that he had [Bridge] Maybe there was music Coming through an open window Maybe someone waited Barefoot by the door Maybe it was nothing Just a long and ordinary summer The bottle knows He doesn’t anymore [Final Chorus] The summer of ’87 Gathering dust behind the bar Another peach leaves in someone’s hands Another memory takes its place No one opens the bottles No one asks what they’re for [Outro] One peach less One bottle more The bartender turns off the light And locks the door
