they met in savannah she s the sweetest melody she was a private school girl disapproving family he never understood just what she saw in him working days at the marina the nights were left to dream the winter fields begin to recover and finally it s the promise of summer lights are shining round and the guards are coming down all around love at first sight they were young and they were free it started at a bonfire with friends down at the beach her skin shown so brown in that summer firelight spent the whole evening laughing as the morning she d the night the winter fields begin to recover and finally it s the promise of summer lights are shining round and the guards are coming down across the world they run to each other finally it s the promise of summer rain after the drought and they won t have to go without no no no it s the promise of summer not a day goes by when he doesn t think of her seems like he spends his life trying to make things the way they were i guess a trip down south might be the only cure across the carolina border and go look around for her the winter fields begin to recover and finally it s the promise of summer lights are shining round and the guards are coming down across the world they run to each other finally it s the promise of summer the promise of summer the promise of summer the winter fields begin to recover and finally it s the promise of summer the promise of summer across the world they run to each other and finally it s the promise of summer the promise of summer