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 to comfort this heat has got right out of hand
[x2] It's a cruel (Cruel), cruel summer 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 (It's a cruel)
(You're not the only one It's a cruel)
[x2] Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel
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 to comfort this heat has got right out of hand
[x2] It's a cruel (Cruel), cruel summer 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 (It's a cruel)
(You're not the only one It's a cruel)
[x2] Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel