Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa I think about a day I left him at the railway station where I stopped and took a bath We were seventeen, but it was sweet and it was true Still I did what I had to do Cause I just knew Summer started nice We'd sink into our seats right out the diamond on the light A technical world made of the music and the sheen It called me to be on that screen I lived beside his scene Without a nickname to my name I hopped the bus, here I came To be brave or just insane Well, hard to see It's me being in a sleepy town He'll sit one day, don't let it out He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me I'm in his heels, I'm reaching for the highs And chasing all the lights that shine And when they let you down It's another day of the summer I hit him every day The rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away The ballads in the barrows left by those who came before They say you gotta want it more So I bang on every door And even when the answer's no And when my money's running low The dusty mic and neon glow Are all we need Someday as I sing my song A small-town kid'll come along That'll pay the bills to push him on and on I'm in his heels, I'm reaching for the highs And chasing all the lights that shine And when they let you down You'll get up off the ground The morning rolls around It's another day of the summer And when they let you down The morning rolls around It's another day of the summer It's another day of the summer It's another day of summer It's another day of summer It's another day of summer