Summer Days

 
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Summer days, summer nights are gone 
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Summer days and the summer nights are gone 
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I know a place where there?s still somethin? going on 
 
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I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out in the mud 
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I got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in the mud 
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Got a long-haired woman, she got royal Indian blood 
 
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Everybody get ready?lift your glasses and sing 
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Everybody get ready to lift your glasses and sing 
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Well, I?m standin? on the table, I?m proposing a toast to the King 
 
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Well I?m drivin? in the flats in a Cadillac car 
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The girls all say, ?You?re a worn-out star? 
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My pockets are loaded and I?m spending every dime 
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How can you say you love someone else when you know it?s me all the time? 
 
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Well, the fog?s so thick you can?t spy the land 
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The fog is so thick that you can?t even spy the land 
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What good are you anyway, if you can?t stand up to some old businessman? 
 
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Wedding bells ringin?, the choir is beginning to sing 
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Yes, the wedding bells are ringing and the choir is beginning to sing 
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What looks good in the day, at night is another thing 
 
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She?s looking into my eyes, she?s holding my hand 
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She?s looking into my eyes, she?s holding my hand 
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She says, ?You can?t repeat the past.? I say, ?You can?t? What do you mean, 
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you can?t? Of course you can.? 
 
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Where do you come from? Where do you go? 
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Sorry that?s nothin? you would need to know 
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Well, my back has been to the wall for so long, it seems like it?s stuck 
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Why don?t you break my heart one more time just for good luck 
 
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I got eight carburetors, boys I?m using ?em all 
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Well, I got eight carburetors and boys, I?m using ?em all 
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I?m short on gas, my motor?s starting to stall 
 
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My dogs are barking, there must be someone around 
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My dogs are barking, there must be someone around 
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I got my hammer ringin?, pretty baby, but the nails ain?t goin? down 
 
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You got something to say, speak or hold your peace 
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Well, you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace 
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If it?s information you want you can go get it from the police 
 
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Politician got on his jogging shoes 
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He must be running for office, got no time to lose 
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He been suckin? the blood out of the genius of generosity 
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You been rolling your eyes?you been teasing me 
 
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Standing by God?s river, my soul is beginnin? to shake 
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Standing by God?s river, my soul is beginnin? to shake 
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I?m countin? on you love, to give me a break 
 
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Well, I?m leaving in the morning as soon as the dark clouds lift 
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Yes, I?m leaving in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift 
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Gonna break the roof in?set fire to the place as a parting gift 
 
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Summer days, summer nights are gone 
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Summer days, summer nights are gone 
         A7                                   D 
I know a place where there?s still somethin? going on