Hard Candy

On certain Sundays in November
When the weather bothers me
I empty drawers of other summers
An' where my shadows used to beShe is standing by the water
As her smile begins to curl
In this or any other summer
She is something all together different
Never just an ordinary girlAnd in the evenings on Long island
The colors start to fade
She wears a silly yellow hat
That someone gave her when she stayedI didn't think that she returned it
An' we left New York in a whirl
Time expands and then contracts
When you are spinning in the grips of someone
Who is not an ordinary girlAn' when you sleep
You find your mother in the night
But she stays just out of sight
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreamingAnd when you wake
The morning covers you with light
And it makes you feel alright
But it's just the same hard candy
You're remembering againYou send your lover off to China
Then you wait for her to call
You put your girl up on a pedestal
Then you wait for her to fallI put my summers back in a letter
And I hide it from the world
All the regrets you can't forget
Are somehow pressed upon a picture
In the face of such an ordinary girlAn' when you sleep
You find your mother in the night
But she fades just out of sight
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreamingAnd when you wake
The morning showers you with light
And it makes you feel alright
But it's just the same hard candy
You're remembering again againIt's just the same hard candy
You're remembering again
Again an' again
Again an' again
AgainAnd it's just the same hard candy
You're remembering again
Again an' again
Again an' again
AgainAnd it's just the same hard candy
You're remembering againGo ask her to come around
And see me late after dark
Don't ask me to come around
Then wait to see if there's a sparkGo ask her to come around
And see me late after dark
Don't ask me to come around
Then make me wait to see the sparkGo ask her to come around
Later see me after dark
Don't ask me to come around
Then wait to see if there is a sparkGo ask her to come around
Later see me after dark
Don't ask me