Summer Lightning

10 weeks ago by @jerrypettit

Liner Notes

And so it begins.

A little confession: Just like last summer, I knew I was going to be "off territory" a bit during the summer--and this year especially in September--so I've "cheated" a little putting some songs "in the can" early to be able to post when I'm not home at my computer. Last summer, some of you might recall, I did a few "Christmas songs". [Cough, cough...] Thank you for your kind words and Lord, please forgive me...

And while "Heartbreak Is My Brand™" still--I'm already seeing that two of my dear Facebook Friends, Bill & Georgie @billwhite51 and @jibbidy34 --have already posted songs I can never hope to surpass, inspired, I suspect by challenges they've had themselves this last year. Love them both, and I dedicate this first song to the two of them... ❤️

Lyrics

SUMMER LIGHTNING

Words & Music
By
Jerry Pettit
Facebook.com/JerryPettitMusic

Flashback to the start--
we were wild, we were free,
In the heat of the night,
you were all that I could see.
Electric touch, in the rush,
we were riding on the high,
SUMMER LIGHTNING in our skies,
in the blinking of an eye.

But seasons turn
and fires burn to embers,
With every kiss,
you're the one that I remember.
Caught in a storm,
but it felt like a dream,
Can't forget when you were
my summer queen.

CHORUS:
Like SUMMER LIGHTNING, quick and bright,
Lit up my world, then vanished in the night.
Oh, fleeting heart, caught in the rain,
Chasing the spark, trying to capture the flame.
SUMMER LIGHTNING, beautiful, blinding,
In the silence after, I'm still finding
Echoes of you, echoes of us,
In the SUMMER LIGHTNING, we thought love endless.

Dancing shadows,
under moonlit whispers,
Temporary bliss in the mist,
we were drifters.
Time stood still,
yet it slipped through our fingers,
With the storm you were gone,
but the memory lingers.

If I could,
I'd freeze the frame,
Hold onto the light,
keep calling your name.
But love, like lightning,
strikes once, they say,
In the heart of the storm,
did we lose our way?

CHORUS:
Like SUMMER LIGHTNING, quick and bright,
Lit up my world, then vanished in the night.
Oh, fleeting heart, caught in the rain,
Chasing the spark, trying to capture the flame.
SUMMER LIGHTNING, beautiful, blinding,
In the silence after, I'm still finding
Echoes of you, echoes of us,
In the SUMMER LIGHTNING, we thought love endless.

© 2024, Jerry Pettit

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