01
School's Out
Bell just rang, I’m out the door
Bookbag hits the floor
Last test done, I earned my peace
Now I can breathe, now I can feast
Mama said, “Baby, go be free”
I said, “Watch me, let me be me”
Bare feet on the hot blacktop
Best day all year, and it don’t stop
Got my crew on the corner
Got my plans in the heat
Got that whole wide summer
Waiting on me
School’s out, school’s out
We gone all day
School’s out, school’s out
Let the good times play
(School’s out)
Sun on my face
(School’s out)
I’m in my place
Sidewalk chalk and a water gun fight
Ice cream melting in the afternoon light
Grandma’s porch with the fan on low
Radio spinning that old-school glow
Late-night games and a movie too
No alarm clock telling me what to do
Roll with the bikes till the sky turns gold
Summer got a grip on my soul
Got my crew on the corner
Got my plans in the heat
Got that whole wide summer
Waiting on me
School’s out, school’s out
We gone all day
School’s out, school’s out
Let the good times play
(School’s out)
Sun on my face
(School’s out)
I’m in my place
Hot summer days and water fun
Shooting hoops, video games won
Vacation trip, fun times in sight
Summer time starts tonight
School’s out, school’s out
Time for fun
School’s out, school’s out
We're finally done
(One more sleep)
Then its my time
(Class is over)
This time is mine
02
August Never Ends
Stay in my head
August never ends
Bare feet on the porch steps
Melted ice in the cup
Your laugh in the window
Pulling the whole day up
We marked the fence with chalk lines
Then watched them fade away
Still every little hour
Kept asking us to stay
The sky won't close
It just keeps on
Blue and gold
All afternoon long
Your hand in mine
Like it knows the way
And the whole wide world
Won't learn to say
August never ends
August never ends
We keep on running
Back to that bend
(Back to that bend)
August never ends
August never ends
Stay in my skin
Stay in my head
The pool got rough by dinner
The peaches dripped on our wrists
You drove with the windows down
Like you were chasing a wish
We slept in the same T-shirts
Salt on the collar seam
And every moth at the screen door
Looked like a piece of a dream
The sky won't close
It just keeps on
Blue and gold
All afternoon long
Your hand in mine
Like it knows the way
And the whole wide world
Won't learn to say
August never ends
August never ends
We keep on running
Back to that bend
(Back to that bend)
August never ends
August never ends
Stay in my skin
Stay in my head
If winter comes
Let it wait outside
We got sun in the jars
And a fire in our eyes
I hear your name
In the screen door slam
And I'm right back there
Where it all began
August never ends
August never ends
We keep on running
Back to that bend
(Back to that bend)
August never ends
August never ends
Stay in my skin
Stay in my head
03
Make Up Your Mind
You leave your jacket on my chair
Then disappear like you don’t care
Say “maybe” with that half-smile
Drive me crazy for a little while
You look my way, then turn away
Keep me hanging every day
I’m not a game on your phone
You can’t keep me on hold
So tell me now
What you want
Say it plain
Say it once
If it’s me
Then pull me close
If it’s not
Let me go
Make up your mind, girl
Make up your mind
Don’t keep me spinning
All the time
Make up your mind, girl
Say what you feel
One little answer
Keep it real
(make up your mind)
(make up your mind)
Your text comes through at half past ten
Then vanishes again and again
One blue tick, then silence
Got me reading all the comments
You call me when you’re lonely
Then act like you don’t know me
I’m right here, standing still
If you want me, then say you will
So tell me now
What you want
Say it plain
Say it once
If it’s me
Then pull me close
If it’s not
Let me go
Make up your mind, girl
Make up your mind
Don’t keep me spinning
All the time
Make up your mind, girl
Say what you feel
One little answer
Keep it real
(make up your mind)
(make up your mind)
I can’t read your silence
Like a secret code
If you want this,
let it show
One step forward
No more doubt
Either pull me in
Or take me out
Make up your mind, girl
Make up your mind
Don’t keep me spinning
All the time
Make up your mind, girl
Say what you feel
One little answer
Keep it real
Make up your mind, girl
Say it tonight
If you want forever
Say it right
(make up your mind)
(make up your mind)
04
Never Enough Time
Phone face down, still buzzing
Sink full of last night’s plates
I said “I’ll get to it” again
Now it’s too late
Your name still on my thumbprint
Mine still on your glass
I keep making little promises
That never seem to last
And every door I close
Turns into another mile
I’m running out of room
To call it “just for a while”
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I keep chasing the line
But it slips every time
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I’m living in the crack
Between “soon” and “sometime”
Train doors shut in my face
I’m two steps from the ride
Holding all these good intentions
Like change I can’t decide
The laundry cools, the message waits
The week eats up my day
I keep saying “next week, next week”
Then next week fades away
And every plan I make
Turns into another try
I’m learning what it means
To leave some pieces behind
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I keep chasing the line
But it slips every time
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I’m living in the crack
Between “soon” and “sometime”
Maybe that’s the trick
Maybe that’s the cost
Not to hold it all
Till the whole thing’s lost
So I call you back
I show up as I am
Even if I’m late
I’m still here in your hands
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I keep chasing the line
But it slips every time
There’s just never enough time
Never enough time
I’m living in the crack
Between “soon” and “sometime”
Lyrics by Dustin Drorbaugh unless otherwise noted. Published by GhostDuster Music/BMI. Used with permission.
