(The Bummer). Lyrics

You wake up and feel old

From the window the lights comin' gold

Spring chased the winter

Wait for what you've been told

But it's never comin'

The young ones are who they will scold

But they're only runnin'

Like a dandelion on a summer breeze

You hoped your cryin'

Be left in the winter to freeze

But the sun's never comin'

And they're only runnin'

For those sepia dreams

Oh the screams and the schemes

Oh the lights comin' in gold now

It's an offstage season

So what is the reason

You keep chasing auditions?

I saw the letter you wrote me

Under your old morning's coffee

Surrounded by abandoned rough copies

Because I guess you kept stopping

You tended to be really mean

But hey, at least the grass will soon be green again

That'll be enough to amend me

Maybe

I saw the letter your wrote to yourself

To read at thirty or forty

Too bad that life is a pipe dream

That you cooked up when you were fifteen

I hid it in your dresser so you wouldn't be bothered

That you're becoming your father

That you keep chasing another

Fascinating inanimate lover

I waved hello but you didn't see me

Making boats of origami

To sail the seas of your stale cups of coffee

Cause you were stuck in your tea leaves

Never mention that you want to feel better

But hey, how's the weather?

Floating away on your white lies

Fading away like a night light

Floating away on your white lies

Fading away

Fading away

Fading away

Fading away

They say it'll be a lovely summer

(What a bummer)