Summer Skin

Squeaky swings and tall grass.

The longest shadows ever cast.

The water's warm and children swim,

And we frolicked about in our summer skin.



I don't recall a single care,

Just greenery and humid air.

Then Labor Day came and went,

And we shed what was left of our summer skin.



On the night you left I came over,

And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders.

Our brand new coats so flushed and pale.

And I knew your heart I couldn't win,

'Cause the season's change was a conduit,

And we'd left our love in our summer skin.