Once Upon A Summertime Lyrics

Once Upon a Summertime
A summer night on your roof
Somebody set the stars loose
You brought a blanket
I brought strawberry wine
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We waited on the sky
Dusk, on the fourth of July
You kept my hands from crossing the line
And when, the fireworks exploded
That night it was recorded like a movie
I play it back in my mind
Hey, I wrote this song to thank you
for a sacred night that rang true
Once upon a summertime

The sky turned to flame
I carved our names
Beneath the magnolia
I told you my heart
wouldn't change
Do your eyes still shine?
Like it's summertime

At the drive-in we'd meet
in the Buick's back seat
and find the cracker jack prize in the dark
Back home, your father would come out
He'd say, "What was the movie about?"
I said, "A ghost".

You said, "A great white shark."
Did I dream you like some vision?
You moved me like religion
Like a prophet, I said,
"You'll be mine"
I was singing halleluiah
Ain't love so peculiar?
When spring gives into summertime?

How how could I lose?
How could you refuse?
After the very first time
everything changes
everything changes