Intro
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verse 1
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Sometimes that lake got angry, as the lightnin' went and crashed
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Sometimes it was so still, it looked like a sheet of glass
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But it washed away our beer cans, and it washed away our sins
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It talked us out of all our clothes, and begged us to jump in
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There was magic in the summer water
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Learned to swim in the summer water
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All the small town sons and daughters
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Were baptized a thousand times
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Built fire by it like an altar
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Gave it every song we could offer
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Memories float on it like a bobber
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Out there on the summer water
verse 2
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When a heart was broken, it was better than a church pew sanctuary
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A lot of long kiss, rocks skip, sun drenched orange crush bottle caps got buried
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It's where you spend your first night with your first love before the mercury starts fallin'
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It's where you spend the last with your first love, before somebody goes to college
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There was magic in the summer water
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Learned to swim in the summer water
E
All the small town sons and daughters
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Were baptized a thousand times
D
Built fire by it like an altar
A
Gave it every song we could offer
E
Memories float on it like a bobber
A
Out there on the summer water
Solo
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verse 3
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There was somethin' 'bout the summer water
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Every girl that's where you brought her
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It's where you slipped that ring you bought her
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On her shakin' hand
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Built fire by it like an altar
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Gave it every song we could offer
E
Memories float on it like a bobber
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Out there on the summer water
Outro
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Yeah out on the summer water