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
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
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
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'e not the only one
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
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
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'e not the only one