Track 5 of the album Slow Tide Home · 2016
Last Bell, Last Day of School
“Forty slow minutes turn into the best three of the year. It's a school-day daydream in four-four.”
jazz-pop · jazz-pop · easy swing · 2:56
Lyrics
The clock above the blackboard Is slow as it can be Thirty kids are watching it And so is little me Then ring, ring, ring goes the bell The doors fly open wide Bags are swinging, shoes are running Summer's on its side Last bell, last bell, last day of school Nothing to do but be cool Sun on the pavement, ice cream in hand The whole wide world is a play land Last bell, last bell, hear it ring Shout it out, let it swing Books are closed and the days are long Everybody sing along The teacher waves from the window With a tired and happy grin She'll miss the noise tomorrow She'll miss us tumbling in We trade our little signatures On shirts and arms and shoes And promise to be friends for life And nothing left to lose Last bell, last bell, last day of school Nothing to do but be cool Sun on the pavement, ice cream in hand The whole wide world is a play land Last bell, last bell, hear it ring Shout it out, let it swing Books are closed and the days are long Everybody sing along Walk slow past the gate Take one look back Tomorrow's a long wide road But today is the best of that Last bell, last bell, last day of school Nothing to do but be cool Sun on the pavement, ice cream in hand The whole wide world is a play land Last bell, last bell, hear it ring Shout it out, let it swing Books are closed and the days are long Everybody sing along Last bell, last bell Summer, here we come