The song recalls hot summer nights from Ainslie Wills' childhood, as explained in the description of a Youtube video:
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[Verse 1]
Deep in summer, summer night
Windows open sorting the flies
Same temperature in as outside
Time to wonder down the mountainside
Onto the main road, lit by the moon
Our conversation is this night's tune
Heat rising up through our shoes
The earth’s not cooling anytime soon
[Chorus]
I think I hear a car
That engine noise is coming fast
I think I hear a car
Don't let Suzie run ahead, don't let Suzie run ahead
I think I hear a car
That window’s hum is coming fast
I think I hear a car
Don't let Suzie run ahead, don't let Suzie run ahead
[Verse 2]
We squat down in the bush below
To make sure that we can't be seen by the road
We're still calling for her to come to our side
I can feel the panic, the white's of my mother's eyes
The car's headlights growing brighter still
It’s peaked the crest, it’s coming on down the hill
Swipes by so fast as we hold our breaths
Heart's pumping fast through the walls of our chest
Return to black, except the moon and the devil tail light
Hoping she’ll return sometime in the night
[Outro]
Please do not slow down
Keep moving one hundred by the hour
Please do not slow down
Don't let Suzie run ahead
Please do not slow down
Keep moving one hundred by the hour
Please do not slow down
Don't let Suzie run ahead
Please do not slow down
Keep moving one hundred by the hour
Please do not
Suzie was written by Ainslie Wills & Paul Dempsey & Lawrence Folvig.
Suzie was produced by Matt Redlich.
Ainslie Wills released Suzie on Thu May 09 2019.