Summer is gone and I waited too long Now it ain’t coming back Winter will come and it’s gales will be strong As they pound on my back My mistakes were made many, few were my gains My lovers I led them astray Laughed at the moonlight and spat at the waves Poked up their soft-bellied daze But summer is gone, should have known all along That it ain’t coming back Call me naive, call me chaser of dreams Call my tricks and my bluff I barefooted schemes and trampled on means Kicked against love Oh, I was a soldier, I battled them all Never stepped down from a fight Couldn’t be conquered, couldn’t be called Would not have listened at all But summer is gone and I should have known That it ain’t coming back Give me one last, one last day Leave me one last, one last ray To push back the Sun And catch falling stars To soothe his burnt skin And spread out my heart Like a blanket of wool Think and uncoiled And wrap it around My one and true love My one and true love Summer is gone and I waited too long Now it ain’t coming back