Ralph McTell - Summer Girls Lyrics
This summer will be different I will move across the townPromenade above the beach until my face turns brownWith my hands in my pockets and a casual stroll from the town beach to the dockThe 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 boyStranded between merchant ships with some time to enjoy.A week or two down by the bay with tupp'ney ice-cream conesAnd petticoats and sandy kisses, breasts smooth as stones washed by the seaAnd 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 explainWhy I haven't found a ship and that I live in townBefore 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 stayShe will cry for my deceiving that we can meet every dayThis 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 freeTo find another summer girl who'll give it back to me.
