Summertime Blues

Im gonna raise a fuss
Im gonna raise a holler
About workin all summer
Just-a trying to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby
And ask her to date
My boss says uh duh son you gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder
What im-a gonna do
But there aint no cure
For the summertime blues
Well my mama papa told me
Son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car
To go ridin next sunday
Well, I didnt go to work
So my pa said I was sick
You cant use the car
cuz you didnt work a lick
Sometimes I wonder what lm-a gonna do

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song performed by Flaming Lips
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Summer Rain

Memory has seized stinging
Thoughts do not beat on the hands
You’re going and I’m seeing
You off to the alien lands
You are the constant migrant
Looking for good luck
You came just to say that you went
And you fly again.
So scud.

Summer rain, summer rain
It today has pored so early
Summer rain, summer rain
Will clear my heartache curlie-wurlie
We shall share our grieves with it
By the water-blind pane
Summer rain, summer rain
Whispers it to me his wisdom:
You will come, come again
Come again, to return freedom

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song, lyrics by Igor Talkov, translated by Victor Sklyarov
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Summertime Blues

Im agonna raise a fuss,
Im agonna raise a holler
Ive been working all summer
Just to try and earn a dollar
Well I went to the boss
Said, i got a big date.
the boss said no dice, son, you gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder what Im agonna do
There aint no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom and father told me
son you gotta earn some money,
If you want to use the car
To go out next sunday.
Well I didnt go to work
I told the boss I was sick
He said you cant use the car
cause you didnt work late.
Sometimes I wonder what Im agonna do
Cause there aint no cure for the summertime blues.
Gonna take two weeks

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song performed by Who
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Summertime Blues

Im gonna raise a fuss, Im gonna raise a holler
About a workin all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date
My boss says, no dice son, you gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder what Im a gonna do
But there aint no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom and pop told me, son you gotta make some money
If you want to use the car to go ridin next sunday
Well I didnt go to work, told the boss I was sick
Well you cant use the car cause you didnt work a lick
Sometimes I wonder what Im a gonna do
But there aint no cure for the summertime blues
Im gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
Im gonna take my problem to the united nations
Well I called my congressman and he said whoa!
Id like to help you son but youre too young to vote
Sometimes I wonder what Im a gonna do
But there aint no cure for the summertime blues

song performed by Beach Boys
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Song

O Spirit of the Summertime !
Bring back the roses to the dells ;
The swallow from her distant clime,
The honey-bee from drowsy cells.

Bring back the friendship of the sun ;
The gilded evenings, calm and late,
When merry children homeward run,
And peeping stars bid lovers wait.

Bring back the singing; and the scent
Of meadowlands at dewy prime;—
Oh, bring again my heart's content,
Thou Spirit of the Summertime !

poem by William Allingham
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Cold Chill

Feelin young and full of fun
Hangin out with my crew
Hot to trot and about to pop
Tryin to find some girl to get into
There she was fine as can be
Hair braided down to her knees
She took me home, she turned me out
But before sunrise she said I must leave
It was a cold chill on a summer night
Never thought the girlie wouldnt treat me right
It was a cold chill on a summer day
Never thought the girl would dog me out that way
It was a cold chill on a summer morn
Never cried like a baby since the day I was born
It was a cold chill on a summer eve
Never had no chopper bring me to my knees
I was feeling so trusting
Gave it all right down to the bone
But she did me wrong
On a summer night

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song performed by Stevie Wonder
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Summer Wine

I walked town on silver spurs that jingled too
A song that I had only sang to just a few
Ahe saw my silver spurs and set let pass the time and
I will give to you summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine
Strawberries cherries and angels kiss in spring
My summer wine is realy made from all this things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine
My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not spek
I tried to get up but I couldnt find my feet
She reassutred me with an unfamilliar line
And thene she gives to me more summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine
Strawberries cherries and angels kiss in spring
My summer wine is realy made from all this things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes

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song performed by Scooter
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U Mess Up The Summer

u mess up the summer year around

u mess up the summer u made me frown

u mess up the summer with your rules

comeing in at 8: 00 is not cool

u mess up the summer with your games

u mess up the summer it is now plain

u mess up the summer cause you are my morther

but i am gald that we still got each other

i love you mother

L& H

poem by Moriah Puriefoy
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Summer Fling

Summer love what
a thing, it comes and
goes leaving you with
a summer fling.

It's happy and fun till
summer ends leaving you
sad. Say your goodbye's
and give your kisses now
because it's only a sumer fling.

Till summer rolls around again
your left with a summer love that
was only a simple summer fling.

(6/1998)
(Dedicated to Brian)

poem by AlissaMarie Unknown
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Summertime Blues

[Originally by Eddie Cochran]
Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss
I'm gonna raise a holler
About a working all summer
Just to try to earn a dollar
Well, time I called my baby
Try to get a date
My boss says, no dice son
You gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues
Oh, well my Mom and Poppa told me, son
You gotta make some money
If you want to use the car
To go ridin' next Sunday
Well I didn't go to work
Told the boss I was sick
Well you can't use the car

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song performed by Rush
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Summertime Blues

(eddie cochran)
Well Im gonna raise a fuss and Im gonna raise a holler
Ive been working all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Well the time will come when baby, I try to get a date
My boss says [no dice, girl, you gotta work late.]
Sometimes I wonder what Im a-gonna do
But there aint no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom and brother told me girl you gotta make some money
If you want to use the car to go riding next sunday
Well I didnt go to work--i told the boss I was sick
[you cant use the car cause you didnt work late.]
Sometimes I wonder what Im a-gonna do
But there aint no cure for the summertime blues
Im gonna take two weeks--gonna have a fine vacation
Gonna take my problem to the united nations
Well I called the congressman and he said quote
[Id like to help you honey but youre too young to vote.]
Sometimes I wonder what Im a-gonna do
And there aint no cure for the summertime blues
Aint no cure

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song performed by Olivia Newton-John
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Hypersyllabic lyric with catalexis (for Mary Oliver)

There’s budding in the springtime;
fruiting in the fall;
flowering in the summertime;
but winter comes to all..

poem by Michael Shepherd
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It's Summer

It’s summer.
Dogs barking in closed cars.

It’s summer.
Blisters from your new sandals.

It’s summer.
Flabby asses eating their shorts.

It’s summer.

poem by Jane Brunton
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Summer Of Love

Exotic cars scream down the sunset of dreams
On a hot sunny afternoon
Im in a hot dog stand
With a strange love holding my hand
And were both playin it real cool
Chorus:
Its the summer of love
Its the summer of love, baby
Its the summer of love
Leastways, Im hopin it is
So we talk about her favorite movie star or something
She says, ya know, Ive never done this before (yeah, sure)
I know it sounds strange, but I cant remember your name
But I remember last night on the floor
And we both laughed like she told a joke or something
She takes her neckerchief off and wraps it around my head
And says, hey, you
Chorus:
Its the summer of love
Its the summer of love, baby

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song performed by John Mellencamp
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The Kid On Summer Joy

Packed my books in my chattel
Rush and pray in a chapel
Off i go to summer school
Dance and swim in the summer pool.

Take my canoe to the summer beach
Paddle whole day with Mom and Dad
Summer comes once in a year
No more work but everyday

New friends, sweet memories we'll make
O we'll bake also cake
Not to placed in a case
But to eat, because its summer fun

Mom and Dad, O set me free
I will be good, because am a good boy
Buy me things and summer toy
For i am ROB ROY
The kid on summer joy

poem by mohamed Alpha Ba
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Summer

I'm looking at your photograph the picture on my wall
Life's too short for memories i can't have it all
You gave me the run-around so we go our own sweet ways
I'll be making the most of summertime crazy nights and lazy days
Summer can't last too long summer can't last too long
Spring, winter or fall but out of them all
The summer can't last too long
One night can seem a lifetime and i've got no more time to lose
Sunshine on my shoulders kissing away my blues
Looking to the future searching for the girl
Not too much like the last one just the prettiest in the world
Summer can't last too long summer can't last too long
Spring, winter or fall but out of them all
The summer can't last too long
Yeah, yeah

song performed by Asia
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Did Ya

Went for a walk down the old kings road,
To see if anybody was there.
But there was nobody home at 3 bywater street,
And they had sold cadogan square.
And I remember myself in my tie dye sweater,
And my hipster corduroy flares.
As I knocked on doors,
And walked down one-way streets that led nowhere.
Ah, did ya ever think it wouldnt last forever?
Did ya ever think that it would get this bad?
Did ya ever think that everything would get so crazy?
Now the chelsea drug store needs a fix,
Its in a state of ill repair.
And my cuban heels are hurting my feet,
Just to add to my despair.
La-di-dahs drove mini cars in the summertime.
(in the summertime)
Now theyre towed away for parking on a double yellow line,
And they cant pay the fine.
(did you ever think)

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Summer Turns To High

Mercury is rising still
Turn the fan on high
I wont step on my own shadow
No one wants to cry.
Someone put a pox on me
I spit in their eyes
Summer turns to high.
Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles
Circle search and there are candles
Summers here but night is raising hopes and dragonflies
If those hopes are overshadowed
Cotton-candy, caramel-wafer.
Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer high
After wine and nectarines the fireflies in turn
Move like syrup through the evening with the sweet resign
I wont fight for cant happen
Im preoccupied

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song performed by REM
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Mid Summer Beauty

Thou blossomed into a true beauty that summer.
Thy hair grew more golden as the summer progressed.
Thy eyes, took on the deep blue of the summer sky,
and thy complextion, as soft as a summer cloud.
Oh! How I hope for thee,
that thy bright summer sky-blue eyes like glowing sapphires,
be not be dim,
like a dark cloud passed over the sun.
For truly, thou are a mid summer beauty.

poem by Laura Nnamdi
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Top Down Summer

(eric carmen/dean pitchford)
Wakin up
And the sun is in my eyes
Temperature is rising
Its so hot
Shake it up
I go racing through the streets
Howling in the heat
And you know why
Girls in cars are driving through the city
Breaking hearts, but looking awful pretty
Baby, not so fast
Make the summer last
Top down summer
Are you ready for love?
Top down summer
We can drive to forever tonight
Hey baby, the right times finally here
The top down time of the year
Take your mustang off the blocks

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song performed by Eric Carmen
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