[Verse 1] Pack the ol wagon, five boys and the dog, Dad ..Mom up front, tryin’ not to nod. We’d head north where the summers stayed long, Past the pines and the radio songs. There was a store on a ridge by the shore, Ten little bulbs burnin’ bright before, Each year one would fade from the line, Like the seasons passin’ out of time. [Chorus] And it disappeared… like so many things do, The sign, the lights, and the old lake view. One by one, they all burned out clear, And part of our lives… disappeared. [Verse 2] We’d stop for pop and salted chips, Stretch our legs by the water’s lips. The Mackinaw bridge would rise in haze, A promise of summer and golden days. But the gas went up, the trips slowed down, The cabins quiet, no kids in town. That sign stood watch till the very end, One lonely bulb, a flicker, a friend. [Chorus] And it disappeared… like so many things do, The laughter, the road, and the sky so blue. A chapter closed without a tear, And part of our world… disappeared. [Bridge] Whole towns fade like names in rain, Rust and time, they look the same. We drive on by, but in our mind, We see the glow from another time. [Final Chorus] It disappeared… but it’s still right there, In the stories we tell, in the summer air. Every light we lose, every year, Marks the love we had… Before it disappeared. [Outro] (Soft guitar fade) Just a sign on a ridge, over Lake so clear… Gone from the road… but never disappeared. .... . . .. .
