Hot summer streetsAnd the pavements are burningI sit aroundTrying to smile butThe air is so heavy and dryStrange voices are saying(What did they say?)Things I can't understandIt's too close for comfortThis heat has gotRight 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 goneYou're not the only oneIt's a cruel
The city is crowdedMy friends are awayAnd I'm on my ownIt's too hot to handleSo I got to get up and goAnd go
It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summerLeaving me here on my ownIt's a cruel, (it's a cruel), cruel summerNow you're goneYou're not the only oneIt'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 goneYou're not the only oneIt's a cruel
Now don't you leave me, mmmNow don't you leave meNow don't you leave meCome on, come onNow don't you leave me, mmmNow don't you leave meNow don't you leave meCome on, come on
It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer (Cruel summer)Leaving me here on my own (Leaving me here all alone)It's a cruel, (it's a cruel),Cruel summer (Leave me here in this summer)You're not the only one (You're not the only one)It's a cruel, (cruel),Cruel summer (Cruel summer) (You're not the only one)Leaving me here on my own (Ooh-ooh)It's a cruel, (it's a cruel), cruel summer (Cruel summer) (Ooh-ooh)Now you're goneYou're not the only one (It's a cruel summer)It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer (Cruel summer)(It's a cruel summer)It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer (Cruel summer)(It's a cruel summer)