Once Upon A Summertime Lyrics - The Day After Everything Changed - Ellis Paul

A summer night on your roof 

Somebody set the stars loose 

You brought a blanket 

I brought strawberry wine 

We waited on the sky 

Dusk, on the fourth of July 

You kept my hands from crossing the line 

And when, the fireworks exploded 

That night it was recorded like a movie 

I play it back in my mind 

Hey, I wrote this song to thank you 

For a sacred night that rang true 

Once upon a summertime 

The sky turned to flame 

I carved our names 

Beneath the magnolia 

I told you my heart 

Wouldn't change 

Do your eyes still shine? 

Like it's summertime 

At the drive-in we'd meet 

In the Buick's back seat 

And find the cracker jack prize in the dark 

Back home, your father would come out 

He'd say, "What was the movie about?" 

I said, "A ghost". 

You said, "A great white shark." 

Did I dream you like some vision? 

You moved me like religion 

Like a prophet, I said, 

"You'll be mine" 

I was singing halleluiah 

Ain't love so peculiar? 

When spring gives into summertime? 

How how could I lose? 

How could you refuse? 

After the very first time 

Everything changes 

Everything changes