When I was a girl, I dreamt of dancing   I dreamt of many things the heart could hold   I'd nurse my doll, would love and care for him   Would breathe life into him   For I believed   The world was grand with many precious things   Fine air, such precious things   It was my world   The wind would blow wild with imaginings   I was so happy in my little world      For the days were long in the summertime   With the sweetest taste in the summertime   There were secrets made in the summertime   There was magic...      Now I have grown and life is kind to me   I have some misery but don't we all?   Our path is so long that many lose their way   Longing with everyday for what went wrong?      For the days were long in the summertime   With the sweetest taste in the summertime   There were secrets made in the summertime   There was magic...      Below the sky, lost children find their way   Weaving through life's highway through joy, through pain   When summer has gone darkness can swallow you   And happy times once new   Will fade to grey   Yet, if my dreams were to all burn today   I wouldn't run away, call me a fool   For I believe   And if I never see   If it's denied to me, quite lost I'd say      Oh the days were long in the summertime   With the sweetest taste in the summertime   There were secrets made in the summertime   There was magic...   Oh the days were long in the summertime   With the sweetest taste in the summertime   There were secrets made in the summertime   There was magic