julie's song (summer collage)

originally written 09.04.03

i drank a sip of tea today
and dedicated it to you.
i wanna call you up real soon
and tell you everything that's new.
i wonder what your weather's like,
it's cooling off out here.
i wonder what your sky is like,
'cause the orange coast's so clear.

these indy kids are not the same
ever since you drove back home.
all these drinks have lost their punch,
and i think jess feels so alone:
she doesn't talk to me no more,
i guess you were our strongest link.
because of you i know i'm strong,
because you never saw me weak.

this will be a summer collage
of words meant to massage
an aching heart filled up with photographs
and misses all the laughs.

i though about the night
that we hung out for the first time:
fries and shakes then a movie
at the spectrum of irvine.
and i cannot forget those times
when you were drunk then called me up.
let's drop a note to winter break
and tell it to hurry up.

this will be a summer collage
of words meant to massage
an aching heart filled up with photographs
and misses all the laughs.

i can't wait to wear these wintercoats
and longsleeve shirts and turtlenecks.
i hate this fall of summer,
i can't wait until i see you next.
so i'm guessing that cell phone calls
and IMs will just have to do.
and just know
that orange county is still missing you.

this will be a summer collage
of words meant to massage
an aching heart filled up with photographs
and misses all the laughs.