Teenagers jumping off a railroad They've known each other since they were kids It's the end of the summer, good friends ready to fly They do the cannonball into the creek They'll do the cannonball one more week At the end of the summer, good friends saying goodbye They were riding double on bicycles Buying bubble gum and vying for the sun And the summer was so long 'til the summer was so gone Your sister went to college in the fall She took her posters off the bedroom wall And your family drove all night from the university And in the morning looking down the hall She left her trophies and a couple of dolls And your family would be alright 'cause you had to be You were riding double on bicycles Buying bubble gum and vying for the sun And the summer was so long 'til the summer was so gone On we go down crooked roads alone to who knows where Burning in this moment like a sparkler in mid-air When you are jumping off a railroad No one can tell you what living is At the end of the summer, are you ready to fly? We were riding double on bicycles Buying bubble gum and vying for the sun And the summer was so long 'til the summer was so gone Teenagers jumping off a railroad