Spirit Youth

drag it out in summer slush
a brilliant dayglo green
the brightest days i've ever known
were empty and serene
cherry bomb, you loud guitar
exploding out of tune
the chords that rang, the songs we sang
had ended all too soon

the unrelenting tribal drum
of all our teenage years
is distant now, and yet somehow
still ringing in my ears
summarized on spools of tape
the magnet realigns
the spirit youth floats into space
it's making love with time

you are yesterday, you are far away
and i miss you
you are beautiful, you are magical
and i love you

i'll sing along, you're my favorite song
play along, unburied when you want me to
sing along, you're my favorite song
play along, unburied when you want me to be

drag it out

you are yesterday, you are far away
and i miss you
you are beautiful, you are magical
and i love you
for thee, i sing