I Missed July - R Stevie Moore

It started this morning

She went to St. Louis

The car was stolen and

It was found in Missouri

I stayed at home so that

The calls would be answered

I was afraid that the

Telephone company would call

Was it already fall?

The phone rang, I got it

The cord was all knotted

I said to hold on, I

Let the receiver spin

The person on the line

Was yelling he had no more dimes

I missed July

I don’t know why

I missed July

I missed July

I don’t know why

I missed July

He said the car was destroyed

Independence Day

I began to panic

What was this person saying?

St. Louis, why don’t you

Leave me alone, give back my car?

I don’t know why

I missed July

I don’t know why

I missed July

And it’s August now

We bought that Chevrolet a year ago

We fell in love at the drive-in movie show

And now they burned it up last month

I know, I know, I know

I know I will have a

Nervous breakdown any minute, and

What is the matter with people today?

I missed you in July

And now you’ve left forever

I missed you in July