Lyrics
[Verse 1] You brought a blanket, i brought the matches Maya brought stories from the bus ride down We made a small fire where the tide leaves shells And passed around a paper cup of lime [Chorus] By the beach fire, we trade our summer tales One more song before the morning sails Your laugh goes round, the warm night stays We’ll keep these little days for rainy days [Verse 2] Jon told us how he missed his train in kingston Leah drew a map in sand with her bare heel We sang the chorus from the school-trip bus And clapped the parts we couldn’t quite recall [Chorus] By the beach fire, we trade our summer tales One more song before the morning sails Your laugh goes round, the warm night stays We’ll keep these little days for rainy days [Bridge] Above us, stars prick holes in the dark blue You lean close, asking what i’ll remember I say this circle, your salt-wet hair And how we all stayed till the coals turned red [Final chorus] By the beach fire, we trade our summer tales One more song before the morning sails Your laugh goes round, the warm night stays We’ll keep these little days for rainy days [Outro] One last story, one last refrain Bare feet drawing circles where the waves came
