I was in your presence for an hour or so Or was it a day? I truly don’t know Where the sun never set, where the trees hung low By that soft and shining sea Did you respect me for what I did? Or did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid? Did I lose my mind when I tried to get hid From everything you see?
In the summertime (Summertime) Woah, in the summertime In the summertime (Summertime) When you were with me
I got the heart and you got the blood We cut through iron and we cut through mud But then came the storm before the flood That set everybody free Fools, they made a mock of sin Our loyalty, they tried to win But you were closer to me than my next of kin They didn’t want to know or see
In the summertime (Summertime) Oh, in the summertime In the summertime (Summertime) When you were with me
Strangers meddled in our affairs And poverty and shame was theirs But all that was not to be compared With the glory that is to be And I’m still carrying that gift you gave It’s a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved And it will be with me until the grave And into eternity
In the summertime (Summertime) Oh, in the summertime In the summertime (Summertime) When you were with me In the summertime (Summertime) Woah, in the summertime In the summertime (Summertime) When you were with me