Paper Lanterns and Creek Water

[Intro]
[Verse]
Gravel crunching under boots
Tracing back my childhood roots
The water’s humming low tonight
Waiting for the golden light
Old Blue’s got a sugar tooth
Running with a stolen proof
Of a chocolate graham treat
Dancing on his four paws beat
[Pre-Chorus]
The breeze is turning cold
Stories being told
Watch the shadows bend
Like a long-lost friend
[Chorus]
Stringing lanterns by the creek
Finding what we used to seek
Soft light on the ripples now
We’ll get through it all somehow
Honeyed words and fiddle strings
Oh the joy the evening brings
Underneath the harvest moon
We are humming a new tune
[Post-Chorus]
Light it up (ooh)
Watch it glow
Where the wild
Waters flow
[Verse]
Mason jars and firefly sparks
Carving names on willow barks
Your laughter is a melody
Setting all my worries free
Blankets spread on muddy ground
Best thing that I ever found
Crisp air in my lungs today
Washing all the grey away
[Pre-Chorus]
Smoke is rising high
To the velvet sky
Everything feels right
In the orange light
[Chorus]
Stringing lanterns by the creek
Finding what we used to seek
Soft light on the ripples now
We’ll get through it all somehow
Honeyed words and fiddle strings
Oh the joy the evening brings
Underneath the harvest moon
We are humming a new tune
[Bridge]
Years go by like falling leaves
In the web the memory weaves
But tonight is standing still
On the edge of Miller’s hill
Paper lanterns in a row
Giving us a place to go
[Hook]
Don’t let the flame go out
That’s what it’s all about
Just a dog and a s'more
Who could ask for more?
[Chorus]
Stringing lanterns by the creek
Finding what we used to seek
Soft light on the ripples now
We’ll get through it all somehow
Honeyed words and fiddle strings
Oh the joy the evening brings
Underneath the harvest moon
We are humming a new tune
[Outro]