Joe Blow, it's September don't you know?
Please tell me yes or no:
Did my summer really, really go away?
June June, can you hear the harvest moon?
Whistling his tune
As he blows July & August clear away?
Poof - like a witch thrown into water
Ping - like a childless child's only daughter
Just like a lamb - lead to the slaughter
July, I love it when you smile
But I understand your sigh
It's so tiresome keeping fall at bay
August, trampled in the dust
Dripping with the rust
From tears of summer fans and longer days
Pushing back the change like dike plugged with finger
Giving up your life to protect the spring flinger
Holding off the frost bees with their frigid stingers
Where did summer go?
All my plans of sun-sitting
Sitting in the sun watching, waiting for the sky
All these plans have been cleared
Disappeared in the twinkling and blinking of the eye
Of winter's hurricane
Tell me who's to blame - Is it me?
It's really not the same
Since summer's been shot down in flames
Joe Blow, it's September don't you know
Please tell me...
Did my summer really, really go away?
Zapped - like a white dwarf in love with super nova?
Poof - like the idiot's Ivy League diploma?
Zing - like the brain cells of precious rolling stoners?
I love her light
But I hate her speed
If fall is her assassin
Tell me why does autumn bleed?
I need her heat
It can get so cold
When her yearly defeat
Reminds me that I'm getting old
Directions spin and twirl
In the compass of my head
When their freedom makes me
Chase after everything I've read
How 'bout her flowers?
How high can they grow?
I don't really care, I just wanna know
Where did summer go?
All my plans of sun-sitting
Sitting in the sun watching, waiting for the sky
All these plans have been cleared
Disappeared in the twinkling and blinking of the eye
Of winter's hurricane
Tell me who's to blame - Is it me?
It's really not the same
Since summer's been shot down
Since summer's been shot down
Since summer's been shot down
Lyrics Submitted by Andrew Bird