Back by the Water

[Verse 1] Milo brought the old red cooler June came barefoot through the sand Tess still knows the tide by heart And i still draw our names by hand We found the driftwood past the jetty Where the summer camp once stood Someone asked, “you still remember?” We all said, “you know we would” [Pre-Chorus] We were twelve and out till sundown Salt-dried hair and scraped-up knees Every wave was undiscovered Every day was ours to keep [Chorus] Here we are, back by the water Same wide sky, a little more to tell Pass the stories, feed the fire Hear our younger voices in the swell We were kings of every shoreline With the whole long summer in our hands Here we are, back by the water Still the same old friends [Verse 2] Milo swears he rode a boardwalk All the way to gull point bay June remembers catching minnows In a jar we set free the same day Tess could name the boats by engine I could tell the clouds from miles away Now we trade the little details And somehow lose a year or two away [Pre-Chorus] We were twelve and out till sundown Making kingdoms out of sand Funny how a few old stories Bring the whole coast back again [Chorus] Here we are, back by the water Same wide sky, a little more to tell Pass the stories, feed the fire Hear our younger voices in the swell We were kings of every shoreline With the whole long summer in our hands Here we are, back by the water Still the same old friends [Bridge] The tide has moved the markers The pier has changed its name But when june starts laughing sideways We all sound just the same And nobody checks the hour Nobody says, “we ought to go” We let the sparks climb up and vanish While the old days come and go [Final chorus] Here we are, back by the water Same wide sky, a little more to tell Pass the stories, feed the fire Hear our younger voices in the swell We were kings of every shoreline With the whole long summer in our hands Here we are, back by the water Still the same old friends Still the same old friends [Outro] Past the jetty, past the tide Those summers never left our side