Oak avenue sweats in the summer heat We bought a blow-up pool to get away for a week Set it up in your mom's back yard Towels rolled out on the concrete beach You were floating out there In the shape of a star Waves tipping over the side And I found some place In the shade by the car Where I could see the sun hit your eyes I see our whole life Here in the shadows Right there at your side And I'll be singing along with every word you write Here in the shadows While you're in the light You get me through the day I'll get you through the night Palisades peak through the fog in the street We got a small apartment While the rent was cheap Slept on the floor that first night in Wakin' up aching with lines on our cheek And you're there looking up at an empty wall Saying, "were as young as we'll ever be but don't it feel old" And sometimes it feels like there's nothing to show And you're out there all on your own Here in the shadows Right there at your side And I'll be singing along with every word you write Here in the shadows While you're in the light You get me through the day I'll get you through the night I'll take the cold side You sleep and I'll drive Watch the night turn blue Fade into you I'm here in the shadows Right there at your side And I'll be singing along with every word you write Here in the shadows While you're in the light You get me through the day I'll get you through the night