Lyrics
[Verse 1] The campus clock struck ten; we took the stairs two at a time Past the roof’s old water tank, with the whole town laid out below Maya brought a paper map, theo had a borrowed tie We passed around the last warm soda and argued where we’d go [Pre-Chorus] You said, “i’ve got a place in denver” I said, “i’ll be driving west” Then we laughed at how a big tomorrow Could fit inside one breath [Chorus] Here’s to the last night on this roof And the first road we’ll take alone To the names we’ll keep in our pockets And the places we haven’t known We can’t hold the summer where it is But we don’t have to let it go Here’s to the last night on this roof And the wide, wide world below [Verse 2] Nina starts a teaching job; sam’s got a boatyard gig Chris is heading for the mountains with a backpack and a plan We made a list on the back of a campus flyer Of all the far-off weekends when we’d find each other again [Pre-Chorus] Nobody made a promise Nobody needed to The compass kept on spinning And every needle pointed through [Chorus] Here’s to the last night on this roof And the first road we’ll take alone To the names we’ll keep in our pockets And the places we haven’t known We can’t hold the summer where it is But we don’t have to let it go Here’s to the last night on this roof And the wide, wide world below [Bridge] When the years get crowded, call me from a station Tell me what the new town smells like in july I’ll bring the stories from my side of the country You bring the ones you never thought you’d find [Final chorus] Here’s to the last night on this roof And the first road we’ll take alone To the names we’ll keep in our pockets And the places we haven’t known We can’t hold the summer where it is But we don’t have to let it go Here’s to the last night on this roof And the wide, wide world below [Outro] The wide, wide world below And all our roads to go
