Cover art for The Boys of Summer by KT Tunstall
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The Boys of Summer Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty street
The sun goes down alone
I drive by your house
I know you're not home

[Chorus]
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

[Verse 2]
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how I made you crazy?
Remember how you made me scream?
And, no, I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe I'm gonna get you back
Gonna show you what I'm made of
[Chorus]
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
I see you walking real slow and smiling at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Out on the road today
I saw a Deadheads sticker on a Cadillac
And a little voice inside my head said
"Don't look back, you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but...


[Chorus]
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

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The Boys of Summer is the final track on the physical deluxe edition of KT Tunstall’s 2013 album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon.

It is a cover of the 1984 song released by Eagles singer Don Henley.

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June 10, 2013
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