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 (Ah, what did they say?) Things I can't understand It's too close for comfort, this heat has got right out of hand
[x2] 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 You're not the only one
The city is crowded My friends are away and I'm on my own It's too hot to handle So I gotta get up and go, and go
[x2] 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 You're not the only one
[x2] (Cruel summer, it's a cruel summer)
[x2] 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 You're not the only one