i'm so sick of this sun   i don't care if i never, ever see it again   and a thousand years of winter settle in   i've been wishing i was back in marge's kitchen   oh yea   with the trees all on fire with autumn's burning desire   we'll get dressed up in blue   'cause we have to   we've got spirit to show   and we know you've got to blend in to be cool   with the hippie kids from the local highschool   it's time to trick-or-treat   we're gathering to meet, knee-deep in the leaves on franklin street   all of these palm trees don't belond in october   and if i could i would show her   just how the autumn should be   i need the snow on my shoulders   i need the nights to get colder   i need a reason to hold her closer to me      indie rock talk on the dock with her socks off   with the world orange and yellow   we were keeping it mellow   and her hair was in pigtails all held up with bows   she says she only likes bands that nobody knows   there's a castle on the edge of this town   with walls that surround with vines coming down   it is haunted i said but she called it secret instead   well i wil be the kind, you can be the queen   together we will rule over franklin street      all is still on the hill   the sky fulfills its reputation   she names every constellation   oh yea   ten or more souls are buried   out in the old cemetary   she was so scared the ghosts would rise   i kissed the fear out of her eyes      tonight out here on the edge   we're taking it easy   it's seventy and breezy   it's making me queezy   she is back in the east making a halloween feast   four or five pumpkin pies   and the season in her eyes   well all this distance is breaking me down   i'd rather be in a quieter town   where she wakes up and starts up her day   but i'll still be sleeping so far away   as you pull on your jeans   i'll be in your dreams   we're still in the fall out on franklin street   and all of these palm trees don't belong in october   and if i could, i would show her   just how the autumn should be   i need the snow on my shoulders   i need the nights to get colder   i need a reason to hold her a little closer to me      come a little closer now