I was alone and reckless
My soul was still but ready to fight
It was a beautiful time in my life

Wound up abroad searching for a girl
Whose name I knew but if you asked could not remember
Like chasing a ghost in your house that's not there
It was a beautiful time in my life

Summertime sticking to the skin on my ribs
I've done all I can and I gave what I could give
If you don't know by now it don't end
If you think that you're through, then that's no way to live
Then again I don't know anyway

Wound up abroad searching for a girl
Whose name I knew but if you asked could not remember
Like chasing a ghost in your house that's not there
You swear that you knew, "yes I do, yes, I swear."
It was a beautiful time in my life.