She took the lonely seat on the starlight highway

She'll have it incomplete if it's paved with her name

She only has lovers who like her blue

Don't ever think she'll stay with you

The back of her hand is a map to your heart

Folded and wrinkled and tucked away in her car

It was all a summer thing

You nearly saw a diamond ring

Turn into coal and pulverize

Looks like she was just a mayfly

She passes all the stops on the crazy train

Trapped in the tunnel vision of empty fame

She only comes back when the pay is good

Don't ever think she understood

The road to success is laid by love

Forever the mayfly that's never good or enough

It was all a summer thing

You nearly saw a diamond ring

Turn into coal and pulverize

Looks like she was just a mayfly

It was all a summer thing

You nearly saw a diamond ring

Turn into coal and pulverize

Looks like she was just a mayfly

One day is all she gets

One chance to show her love

One play is all she has

One shot to rise above

One time to flee the net

One life is not enough

It was all a summer thing

You nearly saw a diamond ring

Turn into coal and pulverize

It was all a summer thing

You nearly saw a diamond ring

Turn into coal and pulverize

Looks like she was just a mayfly