In the summertime in our neighborhood Of an evening into the night We used to play ghosts out in the graveyard Just beyond the backporch light Late one night when I was hiding out Up in a weeping willow tree I seen a meteor just fade away And man it made a change in me I thought we would live here forever I thought we would learn to fly by now and not fall And all the time we spend together Really ain't no time at all From my nest up in the willow tree I could see them ghosts run through the light And I heard mothers call their children home To come on in out of the night So one by one they started running So I hurried down to say so long But before I hit the ground to say goodbye They were gone I hear echoes in the evening I see a weeping willow tree And I tell them ghosts out in the graveyard Don't be scared it's only me The roses bloom and then they fade away