Ernie Halter
In July
The summer sun hangs high against the sky
And you can hear the sound of kids out riding their bikes
As the long days turn slowly into night
In July
The fireflies are just like Christmas lights
The cicadas sing and the crickets they reply
And listen close as time passes us by
(B- Section)
We close our eyes
We pretend the world isn't turning
We pretend the world it's in our hands
It's in our hands
In July
We'll pick a date and you'll be wearing white
And your daddy's there to walk you down the isle
And your mom will watch and she'll try not to cry
B Section
In July
In July
This song was born from a writing assignment given to me in an email song club started by NYC songwriter Adam Levy. Every Sunday Adam emails me and the other writers in the club a title. By Thursday at Midnight we have to write to the title and upload it to a DropBox. In July was penned actually In April I believe (haha) and I had the idea of playing, producing, and mixing from the ground up in my project studio and releasing to iTunes. In July was the perfect single to do that with and I was so excited. My project studio is really just a garage with my recording gear. No frills. No AC. And it was record breaking heat in Nashville in July when I was tracking and mixing. So the song really does have a bit of summer sweat to it and I'm really proud of the whole thing. Getting the single peaking at #25 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart was a nice surprise as well. -E
