Your everlasting summer
you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something

that you think is gonna last

You wouldn't know a diamond

if you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious
I can't understand


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Are you reelin' in the years?

Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?


You been tellin' me you're a genius
since you were seventeen

In all the time I've known you
I still don't know what you mean


The weekend at the college
didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge

I can't understand

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I spend a lot of money
and I spent a lot of time

The trip we made in Hollywood
is etched upon my mind


After all the things we've done and seen
you find another man
The things you think are useless

I can't understand

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