©Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson, first recorded by Diana Ross on "Red Hot Rhythm and Blues" (1987)
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Summertime when will you come?
I wanna put my light things on
I wanna put my winter life away
Summertime I need a sunny day
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I want those peaches on the table
Want the watermelon red
And the warm sun crepping through the window
To ease the outer pain
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I want the sand out there to lie on
And the sea out there to swim
So my heart can take a holiday
From breaking over here
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Summertime when will you come?
I wanna put my light things on
Wanna put my winter life away
Summertime I need a sunny day
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And I wanna it dry forever
Wanna roll those windows down
Get the breeze back on my body
Get my feet back on the ground
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I want the sand out there to lie on
And the sea out there to swim
So my heart can take a holiday
From breaking over here
.
Summertime when will you come?
I wanna put my light things on
I wanna put my winter life away
Summertime I need a sunny day
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