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 knowin'
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

Hot summer I was
Just a fool
I knew it right then
But there was nothing to do