Blue Summer Day

Cheryl Wheeler

The cats are lyin' in the yard next door and they turn me a sleepy eye,



roll in the grass and spring so fast for a lazy butterfly.

And it's a blue summer day

Breezes blow and curtains sway

A new comer, blue summer day



The felines file to the backyard fence and they crouch in a lethal row

The blue jays flee from the apple tree, and the bees buzz to and fro

And it's a blue summer day

Clotheslines hung in a hundred shades

A new comer, blue summer day



A loud lawn mower in a lawn somewhere brings a mem'ry to my ear

And from the past I smell the grass and see the green so clear

And it's a blue summer day

Spiders spin and pipers play

A new comer, blue summer day



When the lawns are mowed and the laundry's stowed and the dusk is drawing near

We'll light the torches on our porches and drink ourselves a beer

And it's a blue summer day

With streaks of red and hints of gray

A new comer, blue summer day

It is a true wonder, blue summer day.