[Verse 1]

Summertime...

I paint another window shut, plus:

Feelin' like mice in a glue trap

I stack my bills on the sill and sigh

No wonder why

You mine my mind

For Mercury dimes

[Chorus 1]

Neighborhood, golden light

And blight nearby behaves

Nobody's lookin' twice

The road was just repaved

[Verse 2]

Layin' eyes...

On joyless sights and racist whites who

Talk about a face like a flashcard

As if god had a bod he'd look like them

I must condemn

These "good ol' boys"

They're spittin' noise

[Chorus 2]

Neighborhood, golden light

And blight nearby decides

Living this evening twicе

Another chance to hide

[Chorus 3]

Maybе then stay inside

To polish lock and key

Then again who speaks up if not for you

You'll see