Sarah in The Summer Songtext
von Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

I′ve driven this road as a stranger
I've driven this road as a friend
I′ve driven this road as a slack-jawed tourist
And I'm driving on it once again
It might be cold and long and lonely
But she's waiting on the other side
And I′m an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And joyfully I ride
Joyfully I ride

And I′ll climb through Georgetown, Silver Plume
The tunnel at Lovelands Cove
The lake on the left is a little low
Route 9 is the Breckenridge Road
There's a sign right below Copper Mountain
Telling whether independence runs free
And I′m an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And that's where I wanna be
That′s where I wanna be


In the evening shadow of Red Butte
Up the lane from the Slaughterhouse Bridge
The first cabin the moonlight strikes
As it crests the cleft in the Hunter Crick Ridge
Up from between Old Red and Smuggler
Rising high on a piano bench there
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And what lies between beware
What lies between beware

Oh and the red sandstone sentinels rising high on either side
As I follow the Eagle Valley
Through the canyon where the saints reside
And Mount Snowpass massive majesty
South and east out of Glenwood Springs
And I′m an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
Where the roaring river sings
Where the roaring river sings

I've driven this road as a stranger
I've driven this road as a friend
I′ve driven this road as a slack-jawed tourist
And I′m driving on it once again
It might be cold and long and lonely
But she's waiting on the other side
And I′m an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And joyfully I ride
Joyfully I ride
Joyfully I ride