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 
 (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   
 The city is crowded 
 My friends are away 
 And I'm on my own 
 It's too hot to handle 
 So I got to get up 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   
 Gonna feel only it was   
 It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer 
 (Leaving me) leaving me here on my own 
 It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer 
 Now you're gone   
 It's a cruel, cruel summer 
 Leaving me here on my own 
 It's a cruel, cruel summer 
 Now you're gone   
 Gonna feel only it was   
 It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer 
 (Leaving me) leaving me here on my own 
 It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer 
 Now you're gone   
 Gonna feel only it was   
 It's a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer 
 (Leaving me) leaving me here on my own 
 It's a cruel, (it's a cruel,) cruel summer 
 Now