That Summer Keeps Going On

[Verse 1] We came in from the county line With wristbands faded blue You had a map folded in your back pocket I had the last two tickets through Mara knew the drummer from a college show Ben brought his old brass bell By the time the sun slid past the sound tower We had a thousand stories to tell [Pre-Chorus] Then the first chord crossed the field And every voice found its way [Chorus] Hey, we were there when the whole sky opened Hands up high, singing every word Your laugh, my voice, all our friends beside us One bright night that we still carry home When the fireworks wrote their names above us We sang them back till the colors were gone Hey, we were there, we were there together And that summer keeps going on [Verse 2] We traded verses with the strangers At the edge of the second row Someone passed around a paper crown Ben wore it like a headlining show Mara missed a note and laughed so hard She nearly dropped her tambourine Then the band held back for one long breath And the whole field sang the melody [Pre-Chorus] Then the first sparks climbed the dark And every face turned up [Chorus] Hey, we were there when the whole sky opened Hands up high, singing every word Your laugh, my voice, all our friends beside us One bright night that we still carry home When the fireworks wrote their names above us We sang them back till the colors were gone Hey, we were there, we were there together And that summer keeps going on [Bridge] Years from now, when ben tells the story He’ll swear that crown was made of gold Mara will sing the wrong note on purpose And we’ll all know the part to hold [Final chorus] Hey, we were there when the whole sky opened Hands up high, singing every word Your laugh, my voice, all our friends beside us One bright night that we still carry home When the fireworks wrote their names above us We sang them back till the colors were gone Hey, we were there, we were there together And that summer keeps going on [Outro] We were there together That summer keeps going on