Midwest Summer Nights

I remember the smell of the concrete

After a midwest summer nights rain

I remember the sound of the screen door

Slamming shut on hot humid day

I remember the birthdays, the anniversaries, the good times

I remember the smell of the concrete

After a midwest summers night rain

Daylight shines on this neighborhood

Parallel houses shaping dreams

Locusts come around at the scent of the summer

Buzzing ears as we play in the streets

Bicycles line our driveways

Yards manicured kentucky blue

But behind these white picket fences

Paint a family portrait black and blue

Still I remember the rain

Backwoods served as a getaway

From suburban homes falling apart

And life is a car on the front lawn

Broken down, it'll never restart

The scratches and bruises will heal

One by one they'll slowly fade away

But the sound of the thunder down those halls

Is burned into my memory

Oh I can still hear the thunder

I remember the birthdays

The anniversaries, the good times

I remember the smell of the concrete

After a midwest summers night rain