Hard Candy

On certain Sundays in November 
When the weather bothers me 
I empty drawers of other summer's 
Where my shadows used to be 
She is standing by the water 
As her smile begins to curl 
In this or any other summer 
She is something all together different 
Never just an ordinary girl 

And in the evenings on Long Island 
When the colors start to fade 
She wears a silly yellow hat 
That someone gave her when she stayed 
I didn't think that she returned it 
We left New York in a whirl 
Time expands and then contracts 
When you are spinning 
In the grips of someone 
Who is not an ordinary girl 

When you sleep 
You find your mother in the night 
But she stays just out of sight 
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming 
And when you wake the morning covers you with light 
And it makes you feel alright 
But it's just the same hard candy 
You're remembering again 

You send your lover off to China 
Then you wait for her to call 
You put your girl up on a pedestal 
Then you wait for her to fall 
I put my summer's back in a letter 
And I hide it from the world 
All the regrets you can't forget 
Are somehow pressed upon a picture 
In the face of such an ordinary girl 

When you sleep 
You find your mother in the night 
But she fades just out of sight 
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming 
And when you wake the morning showers you with light 
And it makes you feel alright 
But it's just the same hard candy 
You're remembering again 
Again

It's just the same hard candy 
You're remembering again 
Again

And it's just the same hard candy 
You're remembering again 

Go ask her [bad word] around 
And see me late after dark 
Don't ask me [bad word] around 
Then wait to if there's a spark