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 to 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 You're not the only one It's a cruel 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, 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 You're not the only one 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 You're not the only one It's a cruel Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Come on, come on Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Come on, come on It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) Leaving me here on my own (leaving me here on my own) It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one 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 You're not the only one It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer It's a cruel summer