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[Куплет 1] He claims the bench beneath the sycamore At half past four, when school lets out The little ones make kingdoms of the path With chalk for borders, shouts for battle cries He watches, smiling at their fearless noise Then says, “you want a story? i’ve got one.” [Куплет 2] “I was nineteen, down in santa cruz The summer ferry ran late every day A girl named june could read the tide by smell She dared me past the rocks where kelp held fast We swam until the cliffs turned copper-red And i forgot the careful boy i’d been.” [Қайырма] “June, you taught my heart to leap Past the safe shore, past the deep One bright summer, salt on our skin I learned what passion was, and let it in Years roll on, but i still know How a brave young heart can change its course” [Куплет 3] He tells them how they missed the last boat home And borrowed bicycles from a fish shop man How june could laugh a storm of gulls to flight Then talk so softly he leaned close to hear “She left for college when september came We wrote awhile; life took us different ways.” [Қайырма] “June, you taught my heart to leap Past the safe shore, past the deep One bright summer, salt on our skin I learned what passion was, and let it in Years roll on, but i still know How a brave young heart can change its course” [Көпір] A boy asks, “did you find her?” he says, “once, At a reunion, decades down the line. She had a silver streak above one ear; I had this same old habit of telling tales. We wished each other well, then watched the tide. Some lessons stay, though people move along.” [Final chorus] “June, you taught my heart to leap Past the safe shore, past the deep One bright summer, salt on our skin I learned what passion was, and let it in Years roll on, but i still know How a brave young heart can change its course” [Аутро] The children race to catch a rolling ball He sends it back, then settles in his place “Come by tomorrow,” says the old man, “and i’ll tell you What happened when we sailed beyond the bay.”
