The Double Single

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LYRICS:

You Left Your Sweater…
Of Summer

You Left Your Sweater…
by t. fort, ASCAP

Well she’s headed from Cheyenne to Maine
And she’s only in Chicago for a day
So I’m gonna make the most
Of playing host
I’ve always got tomorrow to cry

I offer a shower and wine
She says “I’m good like this and cold beer
would be fine”
So take me as you have me
Cuz baby you can’t keep me
I have to be leaving by nine

You and I both know why you came here
A gamble we both sought to loose
You and I we both paid the dealer
To trade in our riches on some blues

I said “Babe, your invitation still stands”
She said “You’re as good at hosting as you are with your hands”
Darlin’, you’re my favorite guest
Your feet, your hips, your legs, and chest
Your lips are for kissing, not goodbye

I get her early to the train
Cuz she hates to drive and the smell of a plane
I give her a tape
And a letter that starts with her name
And say “Call me when you get there
Call me when you get there
Call me when you get back to Maine”

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Of Summer
by a. plotsky, ASCAP

I took the train when it was light to where the river ends
I had my thinking done, I had some hope and missing friends
I’d been walking just for walking
When set coldness turned from talking

I never knew this cold cold city would come bearing down
While I was swept in sweetly tricky smiling summer ground
I had my head up in the clouds, I had my head up in the clouds
Thought, ‘I’m a grown-up now’
Wish June would show up now

Take me, take me where I am
Take me, make this cold my friend
Be there, right where I left it
Be there, I’m frozen and ready

I left behind a city washed in white and wasting time
I never knew that little June would be a friend of mine
That’s when I met you
That’s when I met you
Wish we could feel air, like we’re near there

And I don’t need this train to take me where I’m feeling fine
It February and I smile when the sunlight shines
A few more months and we’ll be back like we are starting over
It gets much hotter when the water comes and rushes over

Take me, take me where I am
Take me, make this cold my friend
Be there, right where I left it
Be there, I’m frozen and ready
Take me, it’s cold where I’m standing
Take me, I thought this was ending
Be there, da da da da da
Be there, I just miss the summer

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CREDITS:

Produced by Jeff Piper and Cobalt
Mixing and Engineering by Jeff Piper
Recorded and Mixed at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL
Mastered by Gary Cobb at ARS Studios, Alsip, IL
Digital Album Art by David Plotsky
CD Art by Alex Blom – www.supergirlart.com
Additional Percussion by Jeff Piper

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AWARDS:

“Of Summer” - New York Songwriters Circle 2009 Songwriting Contest Honorable Mention  [read the story here]