Easy slow love song--if you're an artist please feel free to do another production
Having fun after chores are done---if you'd like to do a version of the songs let me know---love to hear it
Story behind the song
In the movie "Stand by Me" the boy breaks up with his girl telling her "it was just something for the summer"--those words always grabbed at me
Lyrics
Somethin For the Summer
(D) arpeggio all chords (Verse 1)
We’re just something for the summer
(G) (D)
We didn’t think we’d fall
(D)
And when winters winds came blowing
(G) (A)
Love’s fire kept us warm
(D)
Arm in arm in springs bright glory
(G) (D)
We agreed to one more night
(D)
Then say our last “I love yous”
(G) (A) (D)
Before the morning light
My job was walk’n horses (Verse 2)
And then I’d brush them down
She poured coffee and took orders
At a small cafe in town
We kissed a little to long
At a dance held in a barn
We’re just something for the summer
We couldn’t see the harm
(bridge)
(F#m)
And all I ever needed
(G) (A)
Was her room and my guitar
(G) (A)
We sang songs meant for just lovers
(Bm) (A)
As we lay there in the dark
(F#m)
She said she couldn’t need me
(G) (A)
And I said I couldn’t stay
(G) (A)
We were all signed up for college
(Bm) (A)
When the summer went away
Fireflies and stars were glowing (Verse 3)
Up in Septembers’ sky
And the warm winds always blowing
Sweet smells of hay and rye
I’d meet her on the pathway
From the bunkhouse to the barn
We’re just something for the summer
We didn’t see the harm
(Guitar solo)
And all I ever needed (Bridge 2)
Was her tender lovin’ arms
The long and slow soft kisses
As we lay there in the dark
She said she couldn’t need me
And I said I couldn’t stay
We had other obligations
After summer burned away
That year was sixty seven (Verse 4)
I do remember well
The months we held each other
Lost in the summers spell
And here we are together
The years still hold the charm
We're just something for the summer
