Ralph McTell - Summer Girls lyrics

This summer will be different I
Will move across the town
Promenade above the beach until
My face turns brown
With my hands in my pockets and a casual
Stroll from the town beach to the dock
The girls they walk in two's and three's
Their pretty cotton frocks teased
By the breeze and I will find a long-limbed
Summer girl for me

I will assume the accent of
Some Yankee sailor boy
Stranded between merchant ships with
Some time to enjoy a week or two down by the
Bay with tupp'ney ice-cream cones
And petticoats and sandy kisses
Breasts smooth as stones washed by the sea
And I will find a long-limbed
Summer girl for me

And her name will be Pam or Ruth
So I'll be Chuck or Wayne
And we will know and love each other
Then I will explain
Why I haven't found a ship and
That I live in town
Before we share that cigarette
In waves of love
We'll drown down by the sea
My long-limbed salt-teared summer girl and me

She won't cry for my leaving
She will cry because I stay
She will cry for my deceiving that
We can meet every day
This love affair it grew so strong
Because we'd have to part
And now we will do anyway and she will
Take my heart and I'll be free
To find another summer girl who'll
Give it back to me