Amber Haze (June 97)

[Intro]
[Verse]
Late June sky turns grey
Rain washes the day away
Under the faded blue shade
Watching the colors fade
Peeling neon on the street
Where the salt and asphalt meet
[Chorus]
Amber lights in the haze
Lost in those summer days
Tracing lines in the rain
Softening all the pain
You were there for a while
With that sun-bleached smile
[Post-Chorus]
Just a ghost in the frame
I still whisper your name
In the warm evening air
Like you’re still standing there
[Verse]
Crumpled photo in my hand
Grains of long-forgotten sand
You moved before the goodbye
Underneath a heavy sky
Toy piano plays a tune
In the quiet of the June
[Chorus]
Amber lights in the haze
Lost in those summer days
Tracing lines in the rain
Softening all the pain
You were there for a while
With that sun-bleached smile
[Bridge]
Decades pass like a dream
Slower than they seem
Tape is warping on the reel
That is how the memories feel
Saturated gold and red
Words we never actually said
[Verse]
Boardwalk awning starts to leak
Softest secrets that we seek
Wet reflections start to glow
Watching all the traffic go
I’ll keep the picture in my pocket
Like a secret in a locket
[Chorus]
Amber lights in the haze
Lost in those summer days
Tracing lines in the rain
Softening all the pain
You were there for a while
With that sun-bleached smile
[Outro]