Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling lyrics

That summer feelin' that summer feelin'
That summer feelin'

When there's things to do
Not because you gotta
When you run for love, not because you oughta
When you trust your friends
With no reason not to
The joy I've named shall not be tamed
And that summer feelin' is gonna haunt
You one day in your life

When the cool of the pond makes
You drop down on it
When the smell of the lawn makes
You flop down on it
When the teenage car gets the cop down on it
That time is here for one more year
And that summer feelin' is gonna haunt
You one day in your life

If you've forgotten what I'm namin'
You're gonna long to reclaim it one day
Because that summer feelin' is gonna haunt
You one day in your life

And if you wait until you're older
A sad resentment will smolder one day
And then that summer feeling's
Gonna haunt you
And that summer feeling's gonna taunt you
And then that summer feelin' is gonna hurt
You one day in your life

When even fourth grade starts looking good
Which you hated
And first grade's looking good too, overrated
And you boys long for some
Little girl that you dated
Do you long for her, or for the way you were?
That summer feelin' is gonna haunt you
One day in your life

When the Oldsmobile has got the
Top down on it
When the catamaran has got the
Drop down on it
When the flat of the land has
Got the crop down on it
Some things were good before and
Some things never were
But that summer feelin' is gonna haunt
You one day in your life

Well, when your friends are in town
And they've got time for ya
When you and them are hangin' 'round
And they don't ignore ya
When you say what you will
And they still adore ya
Is that not appealing?
It's that summer feelin'
That summer feelin' is gonna haunt you
One day in your life

It's gonna haunt you it's gonna taunt you
You're gonna want this feelin' inside
One more time it's gonna haunt you
It's gonna taunt you
You're gonna want this feelin' inside
One more time

One more thing

When you're hangin' around the park
With the water fountain
And there's the little girl
With the dirty ankles
'Cause she's on the swings, you know
And the dust is kickin' up
And you remember the ankle locket
And the way she flirted with you
For all this time, how come?
Well, that summer feelin' is gonna haunt
You one day in your life

You'll throw away everything for it
You'll throw away everything for it

One more thing

When the playground that just was
All dirt comes hauntin'
And that little girl that called you a flirt
Memory comes tauntin'
You pick these things apart
They're not that appealin'
You put them together
And you'll get this certain feelin'
That summer feelin' is gonna haunt you
One day in your life

It's gonna haunt you it's gonna taunt you
You're gonna want this feelin' inside
One more time