Dar Williams - Summer Child

The summer child is running
the summer child is running again
The summer child is running
the summer child is running again
When you hear the feet and the sound of laughter
Better step aside for the mayhem after
Here she comes yeah
the summer child is running again
It's the stormy season lighting flashes through the air
And the water bugs are busy spinning
backwards in the rain
The summer child is running
summer child is running again
The summer child is running
summer child is running again
And they're spinning out like old tin tops
One of them is down and all time stops
Now she's up yeah
the summer child is running again
Come my freezing daughter brave the icy water
Enter slowly under cherry blossoms
Racing as you see the gates of summer
There is time and time to come underneath
the golden sun
And forever will melt slowly in a glass of lemonade
And oh she's coming running and
oh she's coming running again
The summer child is running
the summer child is running again
Better have a seat 'cause you won't run past her
Try to take it in every year she's faster
Here she comes yeah
the summer child is running again
The sun is shining and
the summer child is running again