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) 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 Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Come on, come on Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Now don't you leave me Come on, come on It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) Leaving me here on my own (leaving me here all alone) It's a cruel (it's a cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) (Don't leave me, leave me in this summer) You're not the only one (you're not the only one) It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) (You're not the only one at home) Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) Now you're gone You're not the only one (it's a cruel summer) Cruel summer (cruel summer) It's a cruel summer (it's a cruel) Cruel summer (cruel summer) It's a cruel summer