Summertime always smells like cigarettes Sweet rotting garbage and my summertime flesh Summertime always smells like cigarettes I've been avoiding my real friends Hanging out at the complex No tying loose ends (Tying loose ends) No tying loose ends Watching my back and I watch too much face Well, shade the only place I feel safe But I'll risk it just to come to your place Sweating out beer, cools me down I guess Vomit on the sidewalk, you showed me how, yeah Someone's grilling something, wish I was invited My heart hurts, but I'll keep it quiet To make room for the sounds of birds, and heat Ambulance riding on up the street Carries up, to you and me Nestled high, treetops Us in the sheets But I'm always excited when it all finally ends Summertime always smells like cigarettes Everybody is dead, by now What do you mean? All my friends, all my friends are dead To me, ghosts don't haunt me They come and visit me sometimes Nice ones, nice ones And I'm not afraid I am very sure that they do sometimes come From old times, from old times, people People that I used to love They are still around me