Can I come home for the summer? I could slow down for a little while

Artist- Ray LaMontagne
Song of the day- For the summer

If you haven't bought this album yet I suggest you stop what you're doing and get your hands on it. I'm a big fan of everything about LaMontagne; his raspy voice, the aches in his melodies, his story, his stories, his beard, his shyness, his new fashion of arm cuffs, etc. And as I drove through hills and across lakes with my family today as we listened to this album, today's song seemed perfect not only because it's summer but how important home can be, even if for the moment home is a crammed car of too much of the same personality I can go nuts. There's also a safe haven about it. Your family who just knows you without explination and loves you just cuz. So here's to finding your home wherever it may be today.



Rollin’ through these hills I’ve known I’d be comin’
Ain’t a man alive that likes to be alone
Been a while since I seen my lady smilin’
Have I been, have I been away so long?
I am tired, I am tired
Can I come home for the summer?
I could slow down for a little while
Get back to loving each other
Leave all those long and lonesome miles behind
Through the years I have learned
Some things worth the tellin’
And you’d be right in guessin’
That each and every lesson they were hard won
I am tired, I am tired
Can I come home for the summer?
I could slow down for a little while
Get back to loving each other
Leave all those long and lonesome miles behind
You’ll follow her wherever she goes
You love her and you just wanted to know
That you’ll follow her, you’ll find a way
‘Cause you love her and you just wanted to know