Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I was in your presence for an hour or so
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Or was it a day? I truly don’t know
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Where the sun never set, where the trees hung low
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By that soft and shining sea
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Did you respect me for what I did
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Or for what I didn’t do, or for keeping it hid?
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Did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid
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Of everything you see?
[Chorus]
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In the summertime ... ah in the summertime
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In the summertime ... when you were with me
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I got the heart and you got the blood
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We cut through iron and we cut through mud
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Then came the warnin’ that was before the flood
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That set everybody free
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Fools they made a mock of sin
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Our loyalty they tried to win
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But you were closer to me than my next of kin
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When they didn’t want to know or see
[Chorus]
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In the summertime ... ah in the summertime
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In the summertime ... when you were with me
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Strangers, they meddled in our affairs
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Poverty and shame was theirs
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But all that sufferin’ was not to be compared
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With the glory that is to be
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And I’m still carrying the gift you gave
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It’s a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved
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It’ll be with me unto the grave
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And then unto eternity
[Chorus]
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In the summertime ... ah in the summertime
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In the summertime ... when you were with me
[Outro]
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(repeat and fade)