Track 3 of the album Last Light on 40 · 2020
Summer Starts at Three-Fifteen
“Waiting outside the schoolyard on the last day with the engine ticking, I was the happiest man in Texas. I don't care if that sounds sappy.”
rock ballad · family ballad · heartland rock · 3:51
Lyrics
Pickup in the schoolyard, engine ticking low Waiting for my little girl, the last day of the show Bus lines full of hollering and backpacks swinging free Summer's coming round the bend as plain as it can be She comes across the blacktop with a paper crown of glue A drawing of a tractor and a poem that she knew She climbs up in the cab and says, Daddy, we are done Three whole months of nothing but the open road and sun Summer starts at three-fifteen, the bell rings out the spring Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the whole world's got a swing Roll the windows down, let the long days come on in Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the good times begin We stop for ice cream on the way, she gets the biggest scoop Drips it on her sundress, laughing in the loop I used to rush the miles, now I take them slow and sweet Every year there's one day that makes the season feel complete Summer starts at three-fifteen, the bell rings out the spring Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the whole world's got a swing Roll the windows down, let the long days come on in Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the good times begin She'll be taller by September But I'll remember this one day The paper crown, the sticky fingers And the way she led the way Summer starts at three-fifteen, the bell rings out the spring Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the whole world's got a swing Roll the windows down, let the long days come on in Summer starts at three-fifteen, and the good times begin And the good times begin Yeah, the good times begin