Name: Summer Sun
Duration: P00H02M44S
Description: I wrote this just at the beginning of the summer of 2021. I wanted to celebrate the season and what seemed like a return to pre-pandemic times.

Summer Sun

from Closer to the Sun by Scott McKinstry

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I wrote this just at the beginning of the summer of 2021. I wanted to celebrate the season and what seemed like a return to pre-pandemic times.

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It's June, school's over
the lilacs have passed.
The pollen's gone from our windshield
spring blitzed by fast.

The sprinkler sprouted cobwebs
I'm clearing them away.
I'm ready for the summer sun
today.

O, Summer Sun!
C'mon, begin!
Bleach my hair!
Brown my skin!

O, Summer Sun,
winter was so gray --
I'm ready for your warm embrace
today.

Picnic at the ocean
dig a pit into the sand.
Roast a pack of hotdogs
scrape the marshmallow from my hands.

I'm sweating like a can of beer
pulled from the cooler's ice.
But don't you hide behind the clouds
I'll gladly pay your price

O, Summer Sun!
C'mon, begin!
Bleach my hair!
Brown my skin!

O, Summer Sun,
winter was so gray --
I'm ready for your warm embrace
today.

Fall is cozy
when leaves turn gold
and wood-smoke perfumes the air.

But I'm not done
with your marathon days
and the canopy of green full-leaf trees.

O, Summer Sun!
C'mon, begin!
Bleach my hair!
Brown my skin!

O, Summer Sun,
winter was so gray --
I'm ready for your warm embrace,
come on down and kiss my face,
brighten up this somber place,
yeah I'm ready for your warm embrace
today.

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from Closer to the Sun, released March 14, 2022

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Scott McKinstry Edmonds, Washington

Scott McKinstry is a singer-songwriter living in the Pacific Northwest.

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