Jersey Summer

Music and Lyric by David W. Jacobsen
Copyright 2001. All Rights Reserved.

Jersey summer,
what it was, was only what it was.
Jersey summer
is gone. Don't look now.

Autumn comes to the New Jersey shore.
Everyone is at home.
The beach is deserted, it's midnight in September.
A promise once made is now gone.

Jersey summer,
what it was, was only what it was.

The boardwalk lights just off to the east
have gone out, Labor day has passed.
I came here once with a girl that I knew
and a question I didn't have the strength to ask.

Jersey summer
is gone. Don't look now.

Chances passed on a Saturday night,
you danced and you felt alive.
There's a hint of sorrow somewhere now
as you turn towards that long homeward drive.

I stare out at the bridge off aways
a promise I make I will begin.
I know there soon will be much better days
as I witness the tide coming in.

Jersey summer,
what it was, was only what it was.
Jersey summer
is gone. Don't look now.