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 summerLeaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summerNow you're gone

The city is crowdedMy friends are awayAnd I'm on my ownIt's too hot to handleSo I got to get up and go

It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summerLeaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summerNow you're gone

Gonna feel only it was

It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer(Leaving me) leaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summerNow you're gone

It's a cruel, cruel summerLeaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, cruel summerNow you're gone

Gonna feel only it was

It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer(Leaving me) leaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summerNow you're gone

Gonna feel only it was

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