Make It Last Forever

In the dead of summer With the windows down In the faded color Of an evening gown I can see you sitting With your solitaire In a quiet kitchen On a creaking chair There’s a light still glowing Or at least the trace But the garden’s growing At a different pace And there’s a lone bird singing Singing out of tune As the phone starts ringing Ringing out for you I can feel you slipping Through the static sound I can feel the distance Between then and now Wanna make it better Make it all make sense Make it last forever In the present tense From the constellations On the endless wall To the conversations On a Sunday call Like the thunder crashing Over my hometown I can hear you laughing Like you’re here right now