Colorado Summers
[Verse 1]
Colorado summers felt endless back then
Bonfire smoke drifting through the wind
Sitting on the tailgate watching the dark roll in
Talking like we’d never grow old yet
Laying in truck beds under midnight skies
Watching shooting stars and passing satellites
Laughing so hard it made our chests hurt
Back before we all had separate lives to carry on with
We thought those nights would always stay
Like time would never pull us away
But nobody tells you when you’re young
How fast those kinds of years can run
[Pre-Chorus]
Now all those memories hit different
Knowing we can never live them again
[Chorus]
Now everybody’s living somewhere else
Different cities, different dreams, different lives themselves
Some got married, some disappeared
Some still carry all those old teenage fears
But somewhere beneath those different skies
There’s still a part of us frozen in time
Young and alive beneath those stars
Back in those Colorado summers
[Verse 2]
Late night movies nobody really watched
Just background noise while everybody talked
About who we’d be by twenty-five
Like we had forever to figure out life
Backyards glowing from porch light gold
Cold Colorado nights never felt cold
Not when you’re surrounded by people who know
Every hidden part of your soul
And it’s strange how slowly people drift
No final goodbye, no dramatic ending
Just silence growing little by little
Until memories become all that’s left
[Bridge]
Sometimes I wonder if they think about it too
Those truck bed nights and the way we grew
How for a little while the world stood still
Up there beneath those mountain hills
And maybe growing up just means
Learning some moments never leave
No matter how far life takes you away
Part of your heart stays there always
[Final Chorus]
Now everybody’s out chasing their own lives
Working long days beneath unfamiliar skies
But every now and then when the night is clear
Those old memories still pull us near
To the fires
The laughter
The people we used to be
And those endless nights beneath the stars
In those Colorado summers
