Track 10 of the album Smooth Road, Long Shadow · 2019
Remember the Rooftop, Remember the Rain
“We climbed a fire escape in a thunderstorm with one six-string. We are still on that roof, in a way.”
folk rock · nostalgic jangle · playful folk · 3:57
Lyrics
We climbed the fire escape in a thunderstorm Two kids with a six-string, soaked and warm You played the one song that you only knew I made up the words, and they somehow came true Now the years have gone sideways and the phones don't ring But I swear I can hear us still try to sing Remember the rooftop, remember the rain We were loud as a freight train, we were never the same Call me up, call me up, I'll pick up on one ring Let's go and sing it all again, sing it everything Remember the rooftop, remember the rain Old friends, old songs, we'll do it again You moved to the city, I stayed on the road We swapped half our stories and then the line slowed Now I see your face in a stranger's grin And I wonder if you'd laugh if I walked right in I've got a van full of strings and a tank full of gas And an address on a napkin from a night gone past Remember the rooftop, remember the rain We were loud as a freight train, we were never the same Call me up, call me up, I'll pick up on one ring Let's go and sing it all again, sing it everything Remember the rooftop, remember the rain Old friends, old songs, we'll do it again Knock on the door, I'll be on your stoop With a cheap guitar and a goofy tune We don't need the words, we don't need the years Just the thunder and the laughter and the cheers Remember the rooftop, remember the rain We were loud as a freight train, we were never the same Call me up, call me up, I'll pick up on one ring Let's go and sing it all again, sing it everything Remember the rooftop, remember the rain Old friends, old songs, we'll do it again Old friends, old songs We'll do it again