summer dress makes you more beautiful than the rest
lovliest girl that i know, and the sweetest
spends her life inside, she thinks she isn't blessed

summer dress separates you from the rest
easiest days of her life have been spent
wonders if she is loved, if she is missed

says a prayer as she's kissed by ocean mist
takes herself to the sand and dreams

says a prayer as she's kissed by ocean mist
takes herself to the sand and dreams

Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Slip out the back door and leave our cars
Leave everybody inside wondering where we are
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Oh, life has been good to me
Turn a little phrase and give you my sympathy
Waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
Waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
We waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
And came, and came oh yes
Like compliments to a brand new summer dress

I put on my finest summer dress
So light and thin it was my best
I brushed my hair I held my breath
I went out to face the wilderness
I went out to face the wilderness

The men in hats the boys on bikes
The perfect girls the baby dykes
The superstars the blighted ones
I went out to face them one by one
I went out to face them one by one

Goodbye MaryAnn
As you turn to watch me
Don't cry MaryAnn
And don't try to stop me

I'm gonna go where the lights are bright
[Summer Dress lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Where sacred secrets sail like kites
We've been sleeping girl all our lives
And we never lived we just survived
We never lived we just survived

Are there thieves and beggars saints and liars
Are there thieves and beggars saints and liars?

Goodbye MaryAnn
As you turn to watch me
Don't cry MaryAnn
And don't try to stop me

I put on my finest summer dress
So light and thin torn at my chest
I brushed my hair I held my breath
I went out to face the wilderness
I went out to face the wilderness.

Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Dark clouds coming, honey we go to the sea
Slip out the back door and leave our cars
Leave everybody inside wondering where we are
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Pull you in close, lay you naked down on your back
Oh, life has been good to me
Turn a little phrase and give you my sympathy
Waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
Waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
We waited for the rain and the rain it finally came
And came, and came oh yes
Like compliments to a brand new summer dress