I spent eighteen years a' ridin' some kind of roller coaster
It went up and it went down and it spun off the track
Then I packed up my belongings, went up north and started college
It was brighter there, I knew inside I wasn't going back

And I just have to say: it was a beautiful day
One of the nicest I've ever seen
One I'll always remember
To warm me up in December
When I'm feeling mean

I spent six week of one Summer with a girl who lived in Boston
If you asked me, I couldn't tell you 'bout that girl today
But one morning after she'd gone, I walked out of her apartment
Lit my cigarette on shiny Tremont Street and I felt great

And I just had to say: it's such a beautiful day
One of the nicest I've ever seen
One I'll always remember
To warm me up in December
When I'm stuck somewhere between

Between everything that I want and everything that I am
Between when I'm buying the map and when I'm digging the land
Between everything that we had and all the nothing that's left
Between the bars

Oh I just have to say: I need a beautiful day
Like one of the nicest I've ever seen
One I'll always remember
To warm me up in December
When I'm feeling mean, mean, mean

You got a first class face in the rain or snow
You got the magic feeling: nowhere to go
So take a ride with me on the new Strawberry Swing
It's the thing