All songs / David Alan Graham
You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts.
Got a gas station coffee ring on a Waffle House check
Two tickets to a show neither one of us could forget
A parking pass from that lake we weren't supposed to find
And a twenty in my console that's been there since July
I ain't much for pictures, never posted us online
But there's a glovebox full of proof we had a good time
Every crumpled little paper's got a story to tell…
You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
There's a cracked-up phone case from the night you made me laugh
A ballpark ticket stub still sittin' in my dash
A handwritten napkin where you signed your number down
Some sunscreen and a seashell from a town I can't pronounce
I ain't much for memory books, never been that kind
But I got every little scrap of you tucked somewhere I can find
Every crumpled little paper's got a story to tell…
You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Some folks got the polaroids, some folks got the highlight reel
I got a glove box and a shoebox and a whole lot of proof it was real
And when I'm eighty years old in a rocking chair someday
I'll still have every wrinkled piece of every perfect runaway
You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
(Whoa-oh!) I'm gonna save the receipts
Every little piece of paper, every little piece of you
Every little crumpled summer, every little thing we'd do
You can't frame a summer —
But baby, I saved the receipts
B♭Got a gas station coffee ring E♭on a Waffle House B♭check
E♭Two tickets to a show neither one of us could Fforget
A parking B♭pass from that lake E♭we weren't supposed to Gmfind
And B♭a twenty in my console that's Fbeen there since E♭July
I Gmain't much for E♭pictures, never Fposted us online
GmBut there's a glovebox Cmfull of proof E♭we had a Fgood time
Every crumpled little paper's Gmgot a story Cmto tell…
GmYou can't frame a summer, but E♭you sure can save the receipts
GmEvery fill-up, E♭every dive bar, every Cm2 AM we Feat
Every "keep Gmthe change" and "one more round" E♭and "baby, Gmfollow me"
No, E♭you can't frame a summer —
But I got Fa shoebox full Gmof sweet
Yeah, E♭you can't frame Gma summer, but B♭you sure can save the E♭receipts
There's Gma cracked-up phone case from the night you made me E♭mlaugh
A B♭ballpark ticket E♭mstub still sittin' in my Fdash
A handwritten B♭napkin where you E♭signed your number B♭down
Some sunscreen and Gma seashell from Fa town I can't B♭pronounce
I ain't much E♭for memory books, Fnever been that B♭kind
But I got every Cmlittle scrap of you tucked E♭msomewhere I can Ffind
Every crumpled Cmlittle paper's Gmgot a story Fto tell…
You can't frame E♭a summer, but you sure can save the B♭receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every Cm2 AM we Feat
Every "keep the E♭mchange" and "one more round" and "baby, follow Gmme"
E♭mNo, you can't frame a summer —
But I got Fa shoebox full Gmof sweet
E♭mYeah, you can't frame B♭a summer, but you sure can save the E♭receipts
Some folks got the polaroids, some E♭mfolks got the highlight reel
I got a glove box and a Fshoebox and a whole lot E♭mof proof it was real
And when GmI'm eighty years old in a rocking E♭chair someday
E♭mI'll still Fhave every wrinkled piece of Gmevery perfect runaway
FYou can't frame B♭a summer, but you E♭sure can save the B♭receipts
Every fill-up, E♭mevery dive bar, every Cm2 AM we Feat
Every "keep the E♭mchange" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame B♭a summer —
But I got a Fshoebox full of sweet
E♭mYeah, you can't frame B♭a summer, but you sure can save the E♭mreceipts
(Whoa-oh!) I'm gonna save the receipts
Every little piece of paper, every little piece of you
Every little crumpled summer, every little thing we'd do
You can't frame a summer —
But baby, I saved the E♭receipts
This is the unfiltered pitch detection across the whole mix — vocals, bass and drums included — mapped onto a fretboard. It is not a playable arrangement and no one should try to read it as one. It is here only because it is the raw material everything else was built from.
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From the porch, Sarasota
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