Hot Summer

I was alone

In the boarded up streets

The closed signs swung like a poem

Here where the street sweepers sleep

it was a hot summer

I was feeling cool

There was no one there knowin'

I was lookin' for you

Well the bars were all empty

And the pavements were cracked

And the river ran wild

So I was fast on its track

It was a hot summer

I sang out of tune

There was no one there knowin'

I was just a fool

I've got burgundy blood

A tiger stone in my boot

Hip flask in my pocket

We could dance on the roof

It was a hot summer

And I'm just a fool

There was no one there knowing

I was looking for you

On the other side

On the other side of the wild and true sages

On the other side

On the other side of you

It was a hot summer

I was just a fool

I knew it right then

But there was nothing to do