That Summer Feeling

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That summer feeling That summer 
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feeling
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That summer feeling

[Verse 1]
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When there's things to do not 
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because you gotta
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When you run for love not because 
you oughtta
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When you trust your friends with no
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 reason not to
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The joy I name shall not be tamed
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And that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.

[Verse 2]
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When the cool of the pond makes you
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 drop down on it
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When the smell of the lawn makes 
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you flop down on it
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When the teenage car gets the cop 
down on it
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The time is here for one more year
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And that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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[Other]
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That summer feeling That summer 
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feeling
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That summer feeling
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And if you wait until your older
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A sad resentment will smoulder one 
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day
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And then that summer feeling is 
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gonna haunt you
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And that summer feeling's gonna 
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taunt you
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And then that summer feeling is 
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gonna hurt you
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One day in your life.
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When even fourth grade starts 
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looking good

Which you hated,
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And first grade's looking good too,

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Overrated,
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And you boys long for some little 
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girl

That you dated
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Do you long for her of for the way 
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you were,
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But that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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That summer feeling That summer 
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feeling
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That summer feeling


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When the Oldsmobile has got the top 
down on it
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When the catamaran has got the drop 
down on it
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When the flat of the land has got 
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the crop down on it
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Some things were good before and 
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some things never were
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But that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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When your friends are in town and 
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they've got time for you
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You were never hanging around and 
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they didn't ignore you
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You can say what you will and they 
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still adore you
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Is that not appealing, it's that 
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summer feeling.
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And that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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That summer feeling That summer 
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feeling
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That summer feeling


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It's gonna haunt you
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(That summer feeling)
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It's gonna taunt you
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(That summer feeling)
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You're gonna want this feeling 
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inside one more time.
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And one more thing...


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When you're hanging around the park
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 with the water fountain
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And there's the girl with the dirty 
ankles
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And you remember the way she 
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flirted with you
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For all this time, how come?
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Well that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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You'll throw away everything for it.
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You'll throw away everything for it.

One more thing...


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When the playground that just was 
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all dirt

Comes haunting.
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And that little girl that called you
 a flirt
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Memory comes taunting
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You can pick these things apart 
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they're not that appealing
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But you put them together and 
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you'll get this certain feeling
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And that summer feeling is gonna 
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haunt you
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One day in your life.
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It's gonna haunt you
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It's gonna taunt you
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You're gonna want this feeling 
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inside
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One more time.