The Summer Cold
The summer cold came sneezin' in
From across the room
It lingered there as germ filled air...
All summer long
we coughed along
And then you sniffled on my hand
Two patients
and the summer cold
Like bloodshot eyes, those days and nights
They went dragging by
The world was askew
Beneath the bright red
NyQuil sky
Then softer than
That Kleenex man
One day, it called to you
And I lost you
I lost you to
The summer cold
The autumn cold
And the winter flus
They have come and they have gone
And still those days
Those lonely days
They go on and on
And guess who hacks his lullabies
To all the nights that never end?
My sick old friend,
The summer cold
mmmmm... the summer cold.
