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Happy Camper

by Summer Salt

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1.
I can’t help remembering the day When you came home to stay For summer vacation My Malibu Always cruising right beside you Radio on you fell asleep in my arms But I made one too many mistakes Always pretending that everything was okay My car had an overheated engine I wouldn’t drive so you found Someone else to take you driving I lost my heart and my car In all my lonely days I’ve nothing left to lose Goodbye baby you’re driving me crazy With the thought of someone else Driving with you She was out of my little league Catching the wind out the window of my passenger seat I held her close as my world turned mellow yellow A couple years and we’d be happily together But I made one too many mistakes Always lazy waiting for another excuse My car it was one year past inspection I wouldn’t drive so she found someone else to take her driving Let’s grab a beer when we get older And laugh about all those days when we were younger when the world would spin us in any direction You were holding my hand In my little silver Chevy of love
2.
It’s been a long year As far as I can see I could use a vacation But I’ve gotta take care Of my family Wrapping up another hard work day I’ve gotta get back home So I shift into third gear And I cruise out to my favorite songs And still I don’t know why I’m always putting up a fight When I’m so damn tired From working over time If I can’t get into heaven I best be revvin’ my Cj7 Ain’t that the life Stepping into the morning My sun glasses on My heads a little weak from drinking All of these nights are so long If I can’t stay out of trouble May be the death of me But I was branded as a harmony rebel With a tattoo at fifteen And still I don’t know why I’m always putting up a fight When I’m so damn tired From working over time Well if I can’t get into heaven I best be revvin’ my Cj7 Ain’t that the life That keeps rolling me by With two kids and a wife My miss American pie If I can’t get into heaven I best be revvin’ my Cj7 Ain’t that the life
3.
I’ve gotta swim through Give this a try Dive off a free fall Into the sky My brains an urchin My heart a stingray I’ll sink beside you Billow up off our feet Arms round my shoulder Brittle star weave Out to the ocean Life aboard a submarine Well I’d really like to know you But I find it hard To go where you are when you speak in sonar Days from the deep end An echo off the ocean floor I never thought that We’d ever come this far Chasing a jet stream By the fin of a shark Gone for the weekend Batten down the hatches for a storm Well I’ll dance beside you Stick to the beat Fossils in the city park Got dolphins in my dreams Bottom of the ocean Samba sun on the ceiling
4.
It’s my day No ones gonna be bringing me down Shovel me like a root to the ground Cause I’m up in the clouds of my neighborhood And my baby Ya I’ve been treating her kind Ya she gives me chills to the spine As I climb up the vine To kiss her goodnight When everything has gone wrong I lay around with my puppy dog When everyone's got me crying He runs away and I join him for the ride You know it's my day Ya I think that love conquers all Ya I bet you think that I’m small But I’ll be rockin’ my paw On this electric guitar How lovely Works all done and I’m homeward bound Dancing as the records spin round And the suns slipping down Cross my living room
5.
Well my love she vanished in the cool August Moon way too soon So I got up put on my warmest coat Took a stroll September cold Well I just can’t sit around here waiting Waiting for her to get back home So for now you’ll find me on the run I’ve got no lemon drops no bubblegum Candy candy candy candy Wrappers Alone cloud the floor of my dirty room Candy candy candy candy Wrappers Alone brushing my teeth I clean up And get my sweet tooth gone When the sun just won’t shine on I’ll be gone to yip and yell And if the stars come falling from the night I’ll ignite my ride and cruise Well I just can’t sit around here waiting Baking my s’mores up on the stove I just can’t sit around and fake it anymore No gummy bears left on my pillow
6.
Oh Dear 03:32
I just can’t fake it no more She sees right through me Ain’t no star in a movie A life caught in a mystery And she’ll help me figure it out Oh dear if there's one thing I happen to wreck It’s the one thing that I’ll forget And just can’t get to at all Oh dear if there's one thing That I could pretend It’s the light in the right time of day Making me shine again I’ve been waking early To see her on her lunch break But I’m never on time And I ain’t got much money But I’ve got plenty of sunshine Spinning my dimes Well spin it away with me one more day Save my world with your super powers Run your telekinetic waves on me Spin it away spin it away spinning Oh dear if there's one thing I can’t seem to erase It’s the smile left upon your face As I say I’ll catch you tomorrow Oh dear if there's one thing That I could pretend It’s the light in the right time of day Making me shine again
7.
Seventeen 03:26
Gone away as a wild wave Ride high on the day I’ve been away so long It’s been nice getting to know you Well as it seems I was seventeen When I first let out on a bike ride Hit the brakes, now I’m wide awake Was it just a matter of time A year ago Can’t believe that I was spinning out of control Gone away as a wild wave Ride high on the day Out on an ocean liner It’s been hard seeing you go Well as for me I was seventeen When my first true love broke into my heart Castaway where I’ve lived for days On an island now drifting us apart Still here I go Best believe there's not a day I don’t look back on
8.
Wake up Jump outta bed And I’m sneaking in Always late for class And now the bell rings Dancing down the halls And I’m feeling so fine Weekend Hitch up the road By my best friend’s side Licking sugar cubes and smiling Real love dropped in like a car crash How it hit me so hard Things have changed And I ain't never felt like this In my life before Things have changed Life aint the same as it used to be Michael Hang up the phone You know the cops are out there Tappin’ to our zone and now What’ve I gotten myself into I’m feeling so high Well too late I started to smile You know I’m feeling out there Hanging on a tropical isle With a pillow Passed out on the front yard How it hit me so hard
9.
A swing for the fences Carving out my name Hang a ten on the breezes A little too deep to change Well I will be here I will be there Stealing bases Long before I realize I’m gone Although I haven’t left home plate In so long That I begin to see Days when all that I’d need’s Still right here next to me Loan wing lost in the garden Red seams and sun on the dawn The grass is looking greener Growing wild without a care What kind of jig bone dreamer’s Never been one to take a dare I will be here And I will be there Taking a lead off To run from every chance I could wrong And still I haven’t left home plate In so long That I begin to see Days when all that I’d need’s Still right here next to me Loan wing lost in the garden Moon rings, sand in my shoes Songs I keep running back home to play
10.
Lovesick 02:38
My sister says I’m going out of my head Jade she tells me She’s playing games with ya kid My best friends tell me I’m gonna wind up dead But I’m the only one Who really understands That I’m lovesick for you And there's nothing anybody can do Ya I’m lovesick for you It’s like an old crush we used to have in school When the teacher’d call the nurse on the intercom We’ve gotta dizzy boy here with love goggles on And now I can only see straight when I’m with you I’m with you My momma says I gotta hold up my chin My puppy tells me I could use a friend My uncle tells me To join a rock-n-roll band And write a little song Break some hearts And learn to be a man But I’m lovesick for you And there's nothing anybody can do Ya I’m lovesick for you And I’m running down a fever of a hundred and two Well I will be here waiting Calling everyone even the operator I ain't got the flu I'm just lovesick for you
11.
Long day Heat wave Out of trouble in the making I’m let on the loose Madre Don't worry It’s time I rock it Love every minute And make my move What if I can’t get back What if my heart leaps too high off the track I’ve been gone as the thunder moon Takes rise from my wasted youth Summer nights fade a wild sunburn Staying alive as the old wheels turn Fast furious and wonderful I tip my cap and watch the rip tide roll Away I sing another tune With no other place in time to lose Heartache Field day Catching follies Off the horizon I wreck my ruin Old bear My hearts here Struck by lightning My days arriving To make my move What if I can’t get back What if my heart leaps too high off the track
12.
Happy Camper 04:27
Since you’ve been around We’ve been living out the backseat of your car Melted chocolate bars A voodoo doll And lost credit cards Taking me out dancing In a rocksteady dive Twisting cross the floor On view master slides I have been such a happy camper Forgot about my lonely home Since you’ve been around We’ve been stealing our own tickets to see the stars In the baseball park Swimming after dark In our neighbors yard Sleeping in all day long Headed for a Rocky Mountain home See you in dreams tonight Of Honda bikes cross supernovas I have been such a happy camper Forgot about my lonely home Happy campers When we’re together Like coins in a hamper Life’s merry’ander Happy campers When we’re together Lost in the banter Life’s merry’ander

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released September 28, 2018

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Summer Salt Austin, Texas

With influences of bossa nova and oldies, we create the perfect soundtrack for chillaxin’ by the pool.

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