SUMMER
Georgio Parreira Lyrics

Twas a hot afternoon, the last day of June
It was a hot summer day during the end of June.

And the sun was a demon
The sun was extremely intense and unbearable.

The clouds were afraid, 110 in the shade
The temperature was so high that the clouds were afraid and the shade felt like it was still 110 degrees.

And the pavements were steaming
The ground was so hot that the pavement was steaming.

I told Billy Ray in his red Chevrolet
The artist communicated with his friend, Billy Ray, who drove a red Chevrolet.

I needed time for some thinking
The singer wanted some time to think about something important.

I was just walkin' by when I looked in her eye
The singer was passing by when he caught a glimpse of a woman's eye.

And I swore it was winkin'
The artist thought the woman was winking at him.

She was thirty-one and I was seventeen
The woman was older than the artist by fourteen years.

I knew nothin' 'bout love, she knew everything
The artist was inexperienced in love, while the woman was knowledgeable about it.

But I sat down beside her on a front porch swing
The singer decided to sit next to the woman on a porch swing.

And wondered what the coming night would bring
The artist was curious about what would happen that night.

The sun closed her eyes as it climbed in the sky
The woman closed her eyes due to the intensity of the sun as it rose higher in the sky.

And it started to swelter
It became uncomfortably hot and humid.

Sweat trickled down the front of her gown
The woman's dress was wet from her sweat.

And I thought it would melt her
The artist thought the woman's sweat might cause her to melt.

She threw back her hair like I wasn't there
The woman tilted her head back without acknowledging the artist's presence.

And she sipped on a Julep
The woman drank a mint julep.

Her shoulders were bare and I tried not to stare
The woman was showing her bare shoulders and the singer tried not to stare.

When I looked at her two lips
The artist looked at the woman's lips.

And then she looked at me, I heard her softly say
The woman looked at the artist and spoke to him softly.

I know you're young, you don't know what to do or say
The woman recognized that the artist was young and inexperienced.

But stay with me until the sun has gone away
The woman asked the singer to stay with her until the sun went down.

And I will chase the boy in you away
The woman promised to help the artist grow up and mature.

And then she smiled and we talked for a while
The woman smiled and the two of them talked for a bit.

Then we walked for a mile to the sea
They took a walk to the beach, which was a mile away.

We sat on the sand and a boy took her hand
They sat on the sand and a boy (probably the woman's son) took her hand.

But I saw the sunrise as a man
After spending the night with the woman, the artist saw the sunrise as a more mature person.

Ten years have gone by since I looked in her eye
It has been ten years since the artist saw the woman.

But the memory lingers
The memory of the woman still remains.

I go back in my mind to the very first time
The singer often thinks back to the first time he met the woman.

And feel the touch of her fingers
The artist remembers the feeling of the woman's touch.