Gretchen Peters Summer People
i got sand between my toes and beach tar on my feet
and my air conditioner don’t work in this late August
heat
i got a top forty radio song stuck in my head
can’t shake it loose can’t get myself out of bed
and i’m tired of the tv news think i’ll read a book
instead
i been waitin’ tables all summer at this place on the
strip
bustin’ all kinds of business for two bucks and tips
i got a long list of reasons and a very short fuse
a half pack of cigarettes and a room full of blues
and i’m tired of these summer people with their summer
tattoos
i know you don’t wanna hear it but i’m telling you now
cause i think somebody’s got to come clean about this
whole thing somehow
you say you were only tryin’ to get yourself free
don’t mean nothin’ as far as i can see
you ain’t no better than them the way you walked out on
me
i think i’m callin’ it quits i think i’ve had enough
of people leaving their messes for me to clean up
i’m gonna take a vacation go somewhere in the snow
i’m tired of the sun and the top forty radio
and i’m tired of these summer people, wish they’d all
just go home
