Pocketbooks - Sparklers lyrics

My summer began in September I can pinpoint the day it arrived When the apples turned easily loose in my hands or just fell to the ground When the seasonal staff and the locals combine then the sparks start to fly But the sparks never last We worked morning shifts in the orchards You bunked in the landowner's barn And despite early starts we'd throw alfresco parties than ran through the night And with reckless regard for the trees all around we'd share sparklers And the lights burned your name In the lids of my eyes It burned under my skin But we both knew the deal That you'll follow the summer to wherever it lands And just leave me behind When the orchards run dry Where the sparks never last And for two months a year I'm in love with it all But as quickly as summer arrives then it's all gone, sweeping everyone up Almost everyone up Us locals stay put while the seasonals move to another more seasonal town And if I keep my head down well they might keep me on through the winter As the students depart To the next college term As the winter draws in Well, could we broker a deal? And let's follow the summer to wherever it lands Just don't leave me behind In this seasonal decline Where the sparks never last