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 feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life

If you've forgotten what I'm naming You're gonna long to reclaim it one day Because that Summer feeling'i gonna haunt you one day in your life

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

Well when your friends are in town and they've got time for you When you're with them hanging around and they don't ignore you When you say what you will and they still adore you Is that not appealing it's that summer feeling That summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life

It's gonna haunt you It's gonna taunt you You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time

When you're hanging around the park with the water fountain And there's a little girl with the dirty ankles Cos she's on the switch you know and the dust is kicking up And you remember that ankle And the way she flirted with you For all this time, how come Well that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life

You'll throw away everything for it

Well when the playground that just was all dirt comes haunting And that little girl who called you a flirt, memory comes taunting You pick these things apart they're not that appealing You put them together and you'll get this certain feeling That summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life