Summer's End

Album: The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
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  • Summer's end around the bend just flyin'
    The swimming suits are on the line just dryin'
    I'll meet you there per our conversation
    I hope I didn't ruin your whole vacation

    Well you never know how far from home you're feelin'
    Until you've watched the shadows cross the ceilin'
    Well, I don't know but I can see it snowin'
    In your car, the windows are wide open

    Just come on home
    Come on home
    No, you don't have to be alone
    Just come on home

    Valentines break hearts and minds at random
    That ol' Easter egg ain't got a leg to stand on
    Well I can see that you can't win for tryin'
    And New Year's Eve is bound to leave you cryin'

    Come on home
    Come on home
    No, you don't have to be alone
    Just come on home

    The moon and stars hang out in bars just talkin'
    I still love that picture of us walking
    Just like that ol' house we thought was haunted
    Summer's end came faster than we wanted

    Come on home
    Come on home
    No you don't have to be alone
    Come on home
    Come on home
    No you don't have to be alone
    Just come on home Writer/s: John E Prine, Patrick James McLaughlin
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Georgep from New MexicoDoes anyone know who Max was that John Prine dedicated the song “come on home” to?
  • Eddisc from Seattleforgot to add link for below comment. https://bit.ly/2APwucp
  • Eddisc from Seattlefor a more inclusive look at this amazing song/video, see the embedded vid w/in the RS one. BRING TISSUES !!

    Blessings to John and family.
  • Edward L'ecluse from CanadaWho is the young man playing with John Prine at the end? Is that actually Max? Or is that John's grandson?
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