[Verse 1]
Backseat windows down
Cassette in the dash
Blue jeans, scuffed-up Vans
Milkshake in a paper bag
Quarter in my palm
Run it through the arcade
We stayed up till the dawn
Chasing every song we played
[Pre-Chorus]
No screen in my hand
Just dirt on my knees
We knew every road
By the bruises and the trees
[Chorus]
Mixtape summer, stay with me
Mixtape summer, wild and free
No feed to scroll
No need to race
We had the sun
And a borrowed place
Mixtape summer, sing it loud
Mixtape summer, in the crowd
Heart on fire
Kids in bloom
We were alive
In every room
[Verse 2]
Mall food court nights
Soda on my shirt
Friendship on a dime
Trouble in the dirt
Saturday matinee
Laughing in the dark
Hand-me-down guitar
Names carved in the park
[Pre-Chorus]
No map to the world
Just a radio line
If you were right there
You were right on time
[Chorus]
Mixtape summer, stay with me
Mixtape summer, wild and free
No feed to scroll
No need to race
We had the sun
And a borrowed place
Mixtape summer, sing it loud
Mixtape summer, in the crowd
Heart on fire
Kids in bloom
We were alive
In every room
[Bridge]
Take me back
To the porch light grin
To the chipped black top
And the dust we were in
Take me back
To the laugh-out-loud
When the whole damn world
Fit inside the crowd
[Final Chorus]
Mixtape summer, stay with me
Mixtape summer, wild and free
No feed to scroll
No need to race
We had the sun
And a borrowed place
Mixtape summer, sing it loud
Mixtape summer, in the crowd
Heart on fire
Kids in bloom
We were alive
In every room
Mixtape summer, stay with me
Mixtape summer, all I need
Back when life
Was hands and breath
Before the world
Went digital-deep