Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
My entry for WXPN’s 24-Hour Song Challenge. The prompt was Summertime, so leave it to me to write a song about grieving the end of summer before it’s even begun 🫠 But sad songs make my world go round. I hope you enjoy nonetheless!
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“Sunburn” - music & lyrics by me
hear the quiet of September
in the wake of your storm
like a blaze that burned to embers
turn a page that’s been torn
the crash of crystal waters
how the tides have turned
a deeper blue and so much calmer
such a sad return
still feel the sting of sunburn
dog days are gone too soon
still standing on the shoreline
still melting into you
you were the one worth waking up for
to see the new day rise
bundled up in sandy sweatshirts
blink the morning out our eyes
now, the sleep it seems to linger
as the leaves turn brown
boardwalk mood ring on my finger
turns as gray as this old town
still feel the sting of sunburn
dog days are gone too soon
still standing on the shoreline
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
I’ll long for you, sweet summer
I’m counting down the moons
your memory’s on my mind
to be sun-kissed by you
sun-kissed by you
to be sun-kissed by you
hear the quiet of September
in the wake of your storm
Mackenzie Johnson Music 2024
My entry for WXPN’s 24-Hour Song Challenge. The prompt was Summertime, so leave it to me to write a song about grieving the end of summer before it’s even begun 🫠 But sad songs make my world go round. I hope you enjoy nonetheless!
Stream my music, buy show tix, & follow me here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
#xpnsongchallenge #mackenziejohnson
“Sunburn” - music & lyrics by me
hear the quiet of September
in the wake of your storm
like a blaze that burned to embers
turn a page that’s been torn
the crash of crystal waters
how the tides have turned
a deeper blue and so much calmer
such a sad return
still feel the sting of sunburn
dog days are gone too soon
still standing on the shoreline
still melting into you
you were the one worth waking up for
to see the new day rise
bundled up in sandy sweatshirts
blink the morning out our eyes
now, the sleep it seems to linger
as the leaves turn brown
boardwalk mood ring on my finger
turns as gray as this old town
still feel the sting of sunburn
dog days are gone too soon
still standing on the shoreline
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
still melting into you
I’ll long for you, sweet summer
I’m counting down the moons
your memory’s on my mind
to be sun-kissed by you
sun-kissed by you
to be sun-kissed by you
hear the quiet of September
in the wake of your storm
Mackenzie Johnson Music 2024
