Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Constructive Summer' - Me and my friends are like the drums on 'Lust for Life' / We pound it out on floor toms / Our psalms are sing-along songs / And this whole town is like this / Been that way our whole lives / Just work at the mill until you die / Work at the mill, and then you die / We're gonna build something, this summer / We're gonna build something, this summer / We'll put it back together raise up a giant ladder / With love, and trust, and friends, and hammers (this summer!) / We're gonna lean this ladder up against the water tower / Climb up to the top, and drink and talk (this summer!) / Me and my friends are like 'Doublewhiskeycokenoice.' / We drink along in double time, might drink too much, but we feel fine / We're gonna build something, this summer. / Gonna build something, this summer. / This summer, grant us all the power to drink on top of water towers, / With love, and trust, and shows, all summer (get hammered!) / Let this be my annual reminder that we can all be something bigger / I went to your schools, I did my detention / But the walls are so gray, I couldn't pay attention / I heard your gospel it moved me to tears, / But I couldn't find the hate, and I couldn't find the fear / I met your Savior, I knelt at his feet, / And he took my ten bucks, and he went down the street / I tried to believe all the things that you said, / But my friends that aren't dying are already dead. / Raise a toast to St. Joe Strummer / I think he might've been our only decent teacher / Getting older makes it harder to remember we are our only saviors / We're gonna build something, this summer /