You look away, you're speaking with your back turned.  Summer's gone and it left me with a sunburn  Whatever happened to our afternoons?  Just assumed that you lost me like a left turn  I spent my childhood lookin at the stage  Waiting for the day it would be me and I could say  "Slow down…"   That's my philosophy    I get by  Making the best of what was mine  If you think this could be what you want  Then you just gotta try  You won't mind  Playing a victim of the time  'Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah  That's my philosophy    It could be over in a moment  The curtain falls before you know it  Looking forward towards the next scene  Remember back when we were young and still above?  We're falling in and out of love and then again before the bell rings  If you take a trip through my mind  Who knows just what you'll find  Stop dead in your tracks from her eyes  Then put it all together  That's my philosophy    Remember the look upon her face  Remember the way she loved the chase  If we ever go back there someday  I'd never, ever, let her get away    It's drinking away the summer days  A moment in time we can't replace  I won't let my life go to waste   That's my philosophy