IN THE SUMMERTIME Remember how the summer sun was beating down on everyone there So hot Lorraine was frying eggs on the sidewalk with her friend Lynne In the classroom waiting for the bell, the teacher knew that when it rang, all hell'd Be breaking loose as we exploded out the doors and tossed our papers to the wind Chorus: 'Cause' it was summertime ... We were free to fly To do anything that I ever wanted to do In the summertime ... I'll take you, put your hand in mine, darlin' Seven Eleven had the "Pig Town Lords" playing loud banging out the chords From "The Stones" to "The Animals" and every other band on the radio back then The pushing, shoving turned into a fight; we took it out back to get out of sight Of the rent-a-cops and anyone else who might be trying to rein us all in Chorus The Rio Grande was running nearly dry when the cloud burst opened up the sky And in only minutes she was a mighty river again worthy of her name Pushing cars through the standing rain, I was hip deep with my sister Laina Mom sent Mickey down to fetch us when she saw us live on the T.V. news Chorus I stayed up late almost every night watching old movies in black and white Like "Palm Springs Vacation", "The Birds" and "The Night of the Living Dead" Sleeping in till the summer sun would draw us back out to have more fun The Slip 'N' Slide or Marco Polo at the pool with eyes half open 'Cause it was summertime ... We were free to fly Sometimes I wish that I could go back there again To the summertime, I'll take you, put your hand in mine, darlin', darlin' BACK