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