It happened in the summertime My cousin and I read the line The open book shook our comfy lives Ooooh Destiny revealed to us Descending from his mystery bus Aaaah 'Til then we thought a permanent thing Meant a permanent thing But a permanent thing Is no permanent thing No we've no permanent place to play And now and again aftershocks Scar our thoughts with molten rocks The scorching sun lies a touch ahead Ooooh The matter of time taught to us Our parents would not be there to fuss Aaaah 'Til then we thought a permanent thing Meant a permanent thing But no permanent thing Is a permanent thing No we've no permanent place to play And I remember talking about time And I remember shivers down my spine (X2) And I remember shaking Ooooh...