Endless Summer Days
This gentle 2-part ballad reflects on memories of childhood beach holidays at Hawks Nest on the east coast of Australia, taking us back to a time when summer stretched like a ribbon of gold. With plenty of unison singing and simple harmonies, choirs will learn this in a flash. The timelessness of the lyrics will transport audiences back to their own childhood summers.
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Endless Summer Days
Piano Accompaniment
$2.00
Endless Summer Days SA
Soprano Teaching Track
(Soprano part with piano)
$2.00
Endless Summer Days SA
Alto Teaching Track
(Alto part with piano)
$2.00
Endless Summer Days SA
All Parts Teaching Track
(Soprano and Alto parts with piano)
$2.00
Lyrics
I remember a time when summer
Stretched like a ribbon of gold
With lazy days and games to play
Everything else on hold
A long drive up the highway
Singing all the songs that we knew
Hoping to be the one to see
That very first moment of blue
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Though the tides will come and go
And the circling hawk will fly away
The feeling stays
Of those endless summer days
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Do you remember running barefoot
Racing down the sandy track?
There was salt in the air and wind in our hair
The sun shining on our backs
A swim in the crystal waters
Then we'd write our names in the sand
There were shells to find and fishing lines
A photo hand in hand
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Wade out to the island
Climb the highest dune
And by the campfire our faces glow
Telling secrets under the moon
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Yesterday I went there
On a cloudless afternoon
A freckled girl was by my side
Running down a dune
Driftwood on the shoreline
Sea shells in our hands
A hawk in flight, a stick to write
A new name in the sand
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Though the tides will come and go
And the circling hawk will fly away
The feeling stays
Of those endless summer days​​
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© Rachel Kelly 2024