Cooler Days

The mail box burns my hand

The porch steps scorch my soles

I flip the fan from side to side

It just moves around the coal

My water glass sweats quick

Ice gone in a minute flat

The grass outside turned straw

And the dog won't even nap

But I can feel it

Way off down the road

A cloud bank coming

And my whole chest knows

Cooler days, cooler days

(Call me back, cool me down)

Bring that rain back to town

I need cooler days

I need that gray sky

Cooler days, cooler days

Let the drought run out

The tomatoes hang limp

On a wire by the fence

The screen door slaps all day

Like it's got something to say

I stand at the window

Counting cracks in the dirt

Then I see one dark line

And my whole heart starts to work

There it is now

Over the west hill

Rolling slow and heavy

Making all things still

Cooler days, cooler days

(Call me back, cool me down)

Bring that rain back to town

I need cooler days

I need that gray sky

Cooler days, cooler days

Let the drought run out

Let the thunder roll in

Let the gutters sing

Let the front yard bloom

Let the whole house breathe

I don't need the heat now

I don't need the shine

I just want the cool breeze

On a thirsty life

Cooler days, cooler days

(Call me back, cool me down)

Bring that rain back to town

I need cooler days

I need that gray sky

Cooler days, cooler days

Let the drought run out