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That Summer Feeling
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That summer feeling That summer feeling
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That summer feeling
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When there's things to do not because you gotta
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When you run for love not because you oughtta
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When you trust your friends with no reason not ta (nada)
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The joy I name shall not be tamed
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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When the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it
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When the smell of the lawn makes you flop down on it
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When the teenage car gots the cop down on it
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The time is here for one more year
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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That summer feeling That summer feeling
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That summer feeling
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If you've forgotten what I'm naming
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You're gonna long to reclaim it one day
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Because that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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And if you wait until your older
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A sad resentment will smoulder one day
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And Then that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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And that summer feeling's gonna taunt you
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And then that summer feeling is gonna hurt you
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One day in your life.
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When even fourth grade starts looking good
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Which you hated,
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And first grade's looking good too,
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Overrated,
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And you boys long for some little girl
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That you dated
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Do you long for her of for the way you were,
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That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it
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When the catamaran has got the drop down on it
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When the flat of the land has got the crop down on it
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Some things were good before and some things never were
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But that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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Well when your friends are in town and they've got time for you
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When you were never hanging around and they don't ignore you
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When you say what you will and they still adore you
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Is that not appealing, it's that summer feeling.
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That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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It's gonna haunt you
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It's gonna taunt you
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You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.
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It's gonna haunt you
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It's gonna taunt you
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You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.
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One more thing...
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When you're hanging around the park with the water fountain
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And there's the little girl with the dirty ankles cuz she's
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On the swings, you know, and all the dust is kicking up
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And you remember the ankle locking
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And the way she flirted with you
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For all this time, how come?
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Well that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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You'll throw away everything for it.
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You'll throw away everything for it.
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One more thing...
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Well when the playground that just was all dirt
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Comes haunting.
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And that little girl that called you a flirt
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Memory comes taunting
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You pick these things apart they're not that appealing
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You put them together and you'll get this certain feeling
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life.
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It's gonna haunt you
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It's gonna taunt you
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You're gonna want this feeling inside
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One more time.
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That Summer Feeling
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Jonathan Richman |