It's a tractor firin' up Kids playin' in a field Four wheels gettin' stuck A line singin' out a fishin' reel It's a cooler slidin' in the bed of a truck A tin roof drippin' rain Your baby sayin', come pick me up Take me down to the riverbank These are sounds goin' down in a nowhere town Underneath the wide open sky It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere Can't you hear it comin' alive? Makes you wanna drop it down a gear And kill a couple of beers Been waitin' all year, now it's finally here Back around, these are the sounds of summer It's the flick of a lighter lightin' up a little smoke Boots climbin' barbwire, a little spot nobody goes Lawn chairs breakin' out in the yard to the firework boom Hearin' a heart beatin' in the dark, sayin' that she wants to These are sounds goin' down in a nowhere town Underneath the wide open sky It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere Can't you hear it comin' alive? Makes you wanna drop it down a gear And kill a couple of beers Been waitin' all year, now it's finally here Back around, these are the sounds of summer Yeah the sounds of summer 'Round here that's what it's all about So listen up and look around It's who we are, it's what we love So tonight let's crank 'em up These sounds goin' down in a nowhere town Underneath the wide open sky It's the dust in the air and the freedom everywhere Can't you hear it comin' alive? It goes way too fast, it all disappears And when it's gone, we'll still be here Hangin' 'round, missin' the sounds of summer Missin' the sounds of summer The sounds of summer Yeah, the sounds of summer