And let it wash away, wash away You tore the floorboards up And let the river rush in Not wash away, wash away We were reaching in the dark That summer in New York But it didn't hurt at all That summer in New York (wash away) And was it so far to fall?

But I can only think of one Oh, I can only think of one Summer down in Galveston, underneath the stars If there's a time in my whole life I've really been in love I can only think of one Pullin' into the fast lane On the leavin' side of town

Waiting for the summer I'm standing by the corner The place we used to meet Right there where I told you You're running off with me We dreamed about the water Or sitting by a stream We were young and in love We took a train, right after sunset

Summer nights all night (Do you remember those) Dancin'in the light of love (Dancin' in the light of love) Summer nights so right Couldn't last beyond September Livin' for your love, Dreamin only of Oooh summer nights Girl it always seems about September

Yeah when that summer sun starts to beatin' down And you don't know what to do Inflatable pool full of dad's hot air I was three years old Splashin' everywhere And so began my love affair With all my friends

Valentine, valentine I can take you out, oh-oh We can kill some time, stay home Throw balloons, teddy bears and the chocolate eclairs await Got nothing but love for you, fall more in love every day It don't matter just as long as I get all you tonight I

I won't give up Don't talk of giving up I won't give it up--Love this world And still I find you No thoughts of giving up oh no no no no no If there should be the faintest traces Of you in my summer sky My heart would pound and race And people ask me why

It's where you ought to be That's where it's ought to be Right here next to me Feel the chills in the summer time, hopped and go Something happens to the weather, when you go I'm tired of shake take em to heaven Love me, hate me, any better Doing what it

I've been thinking about the West Coast Not the one that everyone knows For a summer of love A summer of love We're sick of living in the shadows We've one more chance before the light goes Doesn't want you It haunts you

Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Oh oh, oh oh oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh oh (hey) In the summer that I was baptized My father held me to his side As they put me into the water He said how on that day I cried We were prisoners of love, a love in chains He was