English summer eating up the atmosphere
Day-time bathers sleep in the shade
Clouds crawl over dampening our attitudes

People run for shelter from the pouring rain

Oh, this is the English summer

Oh, this is our brightest day
Oh, this is the English sun
So close your eyes and try to wish the weather away


Terraced houses filling up with dragonflies
Wild-eyed lovers savour the day

Local artists draw upon the paving stone
Untill the rain, the thunder come and wash it away


Oh, this is the English summer
Oh, this is our brightest day
Oh, this is the English sun

So close your eyes and try to wish the weather away

Planes fly over drawing lines across the sky

Earth-bound traffic stuck in the rain
Factory workers stand around like silhouettes
And hope the English summer comes to brighten their day


Oh, this is the English summer
Oh, this is our brightest day

Oh, this is the English sun
So close your eyes and try to wish the weather away


Dream, dream, dream the weather away
So close your eyes and try to wish the weather away
Dream, dream, dream the weather away