Summer in the City -- Loving Spoonful

(**) Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting burnt and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head But at night it's a different world Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night Despite the heat it'll be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city Dressed so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing at the bus stop Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop But at night it's a different world Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night Despite the heat it'll be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city

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it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966.The song featured a series of car horns, during the instrumental bridge, starting with a Volkswagen Beetle horn, and ending up with a jackhammer sound, in order to give the impressions of the sounds of the summer in the city. The song is ranked number 393 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.                   (wikipedia)  




                  

     

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