When summer ends in death,nOn a dirtbike chasin' BethnAll us kids with tennis ballsnAnd a whiffle batnAnd dad's Playboy centerfoldsnAnd at nine or so we'd gonSit in fields with firefliesnAnd smoke the cigarettes we stolennOh yeah,nAnd the sunlight crawls around younOh yeah,nAnd draws a fable that we fell throughnPomegranate rain on my tonguenUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nnMa got me out of bednSaw the highway splashed in rednThe school announcements said your namenI ran away insteadnAnd wept on that hill we used to go,nWatch the Susquehanna flownLater Tommy gave me detailsnThat I didn't want to knownnOh yeah,nAnd the sunlight crawls around younOh yeah,nAnd draws a fable that we fell throughnSome days are a dream on my tonguenUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nnSun...nBlood Orange Sun...nSun...nnGot off at a change nWhen the summer ends in tearsnThe smell of the apples in the airnWe moved out to Southern Cal, my summer bellenI left you there.nnWhere you fade, while the Sui's torched a carnAnd us young punks bum rushed the barnWe laughed 'til we fell aroundnA row of palm trees blazed against the darknnOh yeah,nAnd the sunlight crawls around younOh yeah,nAnd draws a fable that we fell throughnPomegranate rain on my tonguenUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nUnder the Blood Orange Sun...nnBlood Orange Sun...nBlood Orange Sun...