[Verse 1]
Why are all my friends in Ohio?
I'm six hours away from anywhere I wish I could be
I can't keep telling myself to be a better version of me
And I know home is just an apartment
Where I pay too much rent to barely survive
But if I can get in a car with the people that matter then
Maybe I'm meant to be alive

[Chorus]
'Cause it's been a South Loop Summer
And I can't think of literally any other way
For me to spend the time I spent here dying and barely paying my rent
It's been a South Loop Summer
In bars I shouldn't be in
And men I shouldn't sleep with
And people I wish I knew better
It's a South Loop Summer

[Verse 2]
Maybe my life will constantly be miserable
And maybe I'll keep making things I'm proud of
Maybe what I lack is the potential
But I know what I need and it's unconditional love
Unconditional love
Now the band is playing and I'm barely even out the door
And people keep on asking me to make more and more and more and more and more and more
[Bridge]
I'm gonna drop out of college soon
Do everything my mom said I shouldn't do
I'm gonna drop out of college soon
Do everything you wouldn't want me to
I'm gonna drop out of college soon
Do everything my dad proved I shouldn't do
I'm gonna drop out of college soon
I'm gonna drop out of college soon

[Chorus]
'Cause it's been a South Loop Summer
And I can't think of literally any other way
For me to spend the time I spent here dying and barely paying my rent
It's been a South Loop Summer
In bars I shouldn't be in
And men I shouldn't sleep with
And people I wish I knew better
It's a South Loop Summer