Chris Rea
"Distant Summers" lyrics

Distant Summers

Sweet serenade
In your shade
May I rest

Just for a while
Won't stay long
I'll do my best

To help you help me
Find some friends
That I have lost

Who lie in lands
Where memories
And dreams are lost

The breeze that blew
Around her hair that day
The timeless dress
That flowed in endless sway

I almost touched her shoulder
She almost turned to face me
A thousand distant summers away