Fleeting Farewell: Summer’s End Arrived Uninvited

João Rodrigues
Songs that Tell a Story
2 min readNov 1, 2022

Summer’s end came faster than we wanted

Vilar de Mouros, Caminha— Portugal: Photo by the author
Summer’s End — Listen on Spotify

Summer’s end’s around the bend just flying
The swimming suits are on the line just drying
I’ll meet you there per our conversation
I hope I didn’t ruin your whole vacation

You never know how far from home you’re feeling
Until you watch the shadows cross the ceiling
Well I don’t know but I can see it snowing
In your car the windows are wide open

Come on home
Come on home
You don’t have to be alone
Just come on home

Valentines, break hearts and minds at random
That ol’ Easter egg ain’t got a leg to stand on
Well I can see that you can’t win for trying
And New Year’s Eve is bound to leave you crying

Come on home
Come on home
No, you don’t have to be alone
Just come on home

The moon and stars hang out in bars just talking
I still love that picture of us walking
Just like that old house we thought was haunted
Summer’s end came faster than we wanted

Come on home
Come on home
No you don’t have to be alone
Just come on home
Come on home
No you don’t have to be alone
Come on home

Composers: John E Prine / Patrick James McLaughlin

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