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 summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one 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 It's a cruel, cruel summer (Leaving me) Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You'e not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer (Leaving me) Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You'e not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer (Leaving me) Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You'e not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer (Leaving me) Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You'e not the only one curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer curel summer It's a cruel summer