"The Boys Of Summer" lyrics

"The Boys Of Summer"
(originally by Don Henley)

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty street
The sun goes down alone
I drive by your house
I know you're not home

I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how I made you crazy?
Remember how you made me scream?
And, no, I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe I'm gonna get you back
Gonna show you what I'm made of

I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
I see you walking real slow and smiling at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Out on the road today

I saw a Deadheads sticker on a Cadillac
And a little voice inside my head said
"Don't look back, you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but

I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone


Thanks to Heather for adding these lyrics.
Writer(s): Michael W. Campbell, Donald Hugh Henley
album: "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon" (2013)
KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon album cover
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