Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning <br />I sit around <br />Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry <br />Strange voices are saying (ah, what did they say?) <br />Things i can't understand <br />It's too close to comfort, this heat has got <br />Right out of hand <br /> <br />It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer <br />Leaving me here on my own <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br />Now you're gone <br />You're not the only one <br />It's a cruel <br /> <br />The city is crowded, my friends are away and i'm on my own <br />It's too hot to handle, so i gotta get up and go, and go <br /> <br />It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer <br />Leaving me here on my own <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br />Now you're gone <br />You're not the only one <br /> <br />It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) <br />Leaving me here on my own <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br />Now you're gone <br />You're not the only one <br /> <br />Now don't you leave me <br />Now don't you leave me <br />Well don't you leave me <br />Come on, come on <br /> <br />Now don't you leave me <br />Now don't you leave me <br />Well don't you leave me <br /> <br />Come on, come on <br /> <br />It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) <br />Leaving me here on my own <br /> <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br />Now you're gone <br />You're not the only one <br /> <br />It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) <br />Leaving me here on my own <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br />Now you're gone <br />You're not the only one <br /> <br />It's a cruel, cruel summer <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br /> <br />It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) <br />It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer <br /> <br />It's a cruel summer
