[Verse 1]
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 (What did they say)
Things I can't understand
It's too close for comfort
This heat has got right out of hand

[Chorus]
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

[Slide Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
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