Hot summer streets
And the pavements are burning
I sit around

Trying to smile but
The air is so heavy and dry
Strange voices are saying

(What did they say)
Things I can't understand
It's too close for comfort

This heat has got
Right out of hand


It's a cruel, (cruel,) cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer

Now you're gone




The city is crowded
My friends are away

And I'm on my own
It's too hot to handle
So I got to get up and go


It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you're gone




Gonna feel only it was


It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you're gone




It's a cruel, cruel summer

Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, cruel summer
Now you're gone


Gonna feel only it was


It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer

Now you're gone

Gonna feel only it was


It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer
Now...