Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning I sit around Trying to smile but the air is so heavy and dry Strange voices are saying (ah, what did they say) Things I can't understand It's too close for comfort This heat has got right out of hand It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel The city is crowded, my friends are away, and I'm on my own It's too hot to handle so I gotta get up and go, and go It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (Leaving me