The summer came and went
As a glowing iron in the brick laid pit
On a cold memory night

And the fire in the evening
Beneath the rising pines
The smoke and the brown haze
To keep out the cold sunshine

The season rose and fell
As a moon too full, not hung too well
Caught in the trees and misunderstood

Black forest cliff blinders
Beneath the milky white
The night slumbers on
To keep out the cold sunshine
To keep out the cold sunshine

Just before the morning the sun is rising
He turns his back to the coming day
He turns his back to keep out the cold sunshine

The summer came and went
But he couldn't forget these feelings lost
He couldn't believe how he had lied

His hands on the wheel
The radio keeping time
Thirty miles gone
To keep out the cold sunshine
To keep out the cold sunshine

Just before the morning the sun is rising
He turns his back to the coming day
He turns his back to keep out the cold sunshine

Smoke in the trees
Thirty miles gone
The night slumbers on
To keep out the cold sunshine
To keep out the cold sunshine