School got out   And summer arrived   We kicked things off with a water fight   There we were   Just a moment in time   Looking back   It was the time of our lives   It was a summer made of dreams   And it had just begun      Sunrise woke me with a beautiful song   A brand new day in a beautiful world   Ran through the backyard’s cool morning shadows   My friends next door would meet me by the wall   Our lives as free as a fantasy   Wide awake in a dream      It was the summer of fun   And you know that’s what we had   It was the summer to which   I will always look back   We were kids growing up   Walking a straight path   Having the times of our lives   In the summer of ’89      The doors to my dad’s store closed for good   Filled the fridge with candy   Who drank all the Yoo-hoo   Sang along to Pirate Radio   Pretended I was a DJ as I taped the songs   I still laugh thinking when my cousin said, “Women are all like snakes”      We packed our bags and flew to Washington   My cousin’s wedding, family reunion   Another plane, we’re off to Montreal   Road trip with Zou Zou to Niagara Falls   Richard Marx woke us to, “Right Here Waiting For You”      It was the summer of fun   And you know that’s what we had   It was the summer to which   I will always look back   We were kids growing up   Walking a straight path   Having the times of our lives   In the summer of ’89       I remember the late night barbeques   Spin the bottle in the family room   Picking peaches from our yard of fruits   You sang La Bamba and I yelled “Shut Up!”   Tied a string to a beetle, watched it fly like a kite   I liked to tape record everyday life      It was the summer of fun   And you know that’s what we had   It was the summer to which   I will always look back   We were kids growing up   Walking a straight path   Having the times of our lives   In the summer of ’89