That Summer Feeling

That summer feeling, that summer feeling, that summer feeling

Folks, when there's things to do not because you gotta

When you run for love not because you outta

When you trust your friends with no reason, nada

This joy I've named shall not be tamed

That summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life

When the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it

When the smell of the lawn makes you flop down on it

When the teenage car gets the cop down on it

That time is here for one more year

That summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life

If you've forgotten what I'm naming

You're gonna long to reclaim it one day

You see that summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life

But if you wait until your older

A sad resentment will smolder one day

And then the summer feeling will come haunt you

Then that summer feeling will come taunt you

That summer feeling will hurt you later in your life

I speak of summer feeling

When the playground that just was all dirt comes haunting

And someone who called you a flirt comes taunting

It's not that these things alone were appealing

What I'm now revealing is a certain feeling

That summer feeling is gonna haunt you the rest of your life

What time, well just me

When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it

When the catamaran has got the drop down on it

When the flat of the land has got the crop down on it

What I now proclaim is sorta hard to name

But that summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life

When even fourth grade starts looking good which you hated

And first grade's looking good too, overrated

And you boys long for some little girl that you dated

Do you long for her or the way you were?

That summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life

Summer feeling, that summer feeling, that summer feeling