[Intro – guitar + clap groove]
(acoustic guitar, claps, light drums)
(male vocal 2 – playful)
Yeah…
You know how it goes
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[Verse 1]
(full groove)
(male vocal 2)
Met you down by the river bend
Barefoot dancing with your friends
Sunset burning on your skin
Didn’t know where you’d been
Laughing loud, hair in the breeze
You were everything I couldn’t read
One look and I lost my track
Didn’t know I wouldn’t get you back
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[Verse 2]
(groove continues)
(male vocal 1 – deeper)
Leaning on that tailgate rust
Cold beer sweating in my touch
You turned ‘round, caught my eye
Like a spark in a July sky
Time slowed down, didn’t speak
But you said everything to me
One small town, one night flame
And nothing ever stayed the same
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[Pre-Chorus]
(male vocal 3 – warm)
We were young, didn’t think it through
Just chasing highs like people do
Didn’t care where it would go
Just held on and let it flow
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[Chorus]
(full band, catchy)
(male vocal 3 lead)
That small town summer
Burned like gold
Two hearts running
No control
(male vocal 2 joins)
Every second
Felt brand new
Didn’t know
I was falling for you
(all vocals – harmonies)
That small town summer
Fast and wild
Living free
Like a careless child
Turned one night
Into forever
Yeah that small town summer
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[Verse 3]
(groove continues)
(male vocal 4 – softer tone)
Old dirt roads, windows down
Your laugh echoing through this town
Every song hit just right
Every kiss felt like a high
Didn’t know we’d last this long
Now your name’s in every song
From a spark to something real
Now you’re everything I feel
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[Pre-Chorus]
(male vocal 1)
Didn’t plan it, didn’t try
But somehow we got it right
From a moment to a life
From a maybe to my ride
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[Chorus]
(full band lift)
(male vocal 2 + 3 layered)
That small town summer
Burned like gold
Two hearts running
No control
(male vocal 1)
Every second
Felt brand new
Didn’t know
I was falling for you
(all vocals)
That small town summer
Fast and wild
Living free
Like a careless child
Turned one night
Into forever
Yeah that small town summer
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[Bridge – wordplay]
(guitar + claps)
(male vocal 4 – soft)
Funny how a “just one night”
Turns into a “whole damn life”
(male vocal 3)
From a “maybe we’ll see”
To you and me
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[Final Chorus]
(full band, biggest energy)
(all vocals rotating)
That small town summer
Burned like gold
Two hearts running
No control
Every second
Felt brand new
Didn’t know
I was falling for you
(all harmonies)
That small town summer
Fast and wild
Living free
Like a careless child
Turned one night
Into forever
Yeah that small town summer
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[Outro]
(guitar + fiddle fading)
Still feels like summer…
BENJAMINAI
