Tell me where oh where has summer gone   It hasn't come this year   You always cry when swallows fly   With doubts in search of dreams   He's a working man   Can't you understand   And he sweats for a mans release   But you've seen the lie   In the children's eyes   As heroes turn to tears      [Chorus-]   Tell me how   This life won't let you go   Tell me how   This same old fool   Keeps coming back to you      It's the same old scene it's always been   Men flex muscle fast   And men pull punches after hours   When the moments spell is cast   So you take your chance   At the smalltown dance   Where romances is up and gone   It's Friday night   You're another man wife   And you waltz that lie till dawn      [Chorus]      Tell me where oh were has summer gone   It hasn't come this year   You always cry when swallows fly   They confirm your darkest fears    When a bottle strikes   Down one mans life   And his children's lives as well   The full moon pulls you   Many times   To the outer edge of hell       [Chorus]