"In the summer I was waiting For the daughter of a drunk and a waitress To recover, to get better 'Til the last day of the summer had blown over The birds were singin' a last goodbye The only thing that could be heard Except for the sob and dropping of tears The loss of someone who'd really been gone for years The sky was bluer than ever before Our minds were bluer than ever before Tax-free shoppers in the harbour Far from all this misery, this misery yeah Here they sit in the pouring sun All day long, just wasting time All day long, just waiting for a strangers eye and a strangers smile And the trembling air full of laughter and eyes Rolling 'round in your head 'til the day you drop dead On your side on the livingroom floor I took the bus loaded with stuff And oceans of sweat pouring down on my back, Oceans of sweat pouring down on my back In the summer I was waiting For the daughter of a drunk and a waitress To recover, to get better 'Til the last day of the summer had blown over "