Pulp
David's Last Summer
(Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks)
Intro
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Verse
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We made our way slowly down the path that led to the stream, swaying slightly,
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drunk on the sun I suppose.
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It was a real summer's day, the air humming with heat
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whilst the trees beckoned us into their cool green shade;
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and when we reached the stream
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I put a bottle of cider into the water to chill,
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both of us knowing that we'd drink it
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long before it had the chance.
Chorus
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This is where you want to be
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There's nothing else but you and her
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And how you spend your time
Walking to parties whilst it's still light outside.
Peter was upset at first,
but now he's in the garden talking to somebody Polish.
"Why don't we set up a tent and spend the night out there?
And we can pretend that we're somewhere foreign
but we'll still be able to use the fridge
if we get hungry - or too hot...."
This is where you want to be
There's nothing else but you and her
And how you use your time
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We went driving
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Oh oh oh............
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Oh, this is where you want to be
There's nothing else but you and her
And how you use your time
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Your time
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Your time
E G(rpt)
(Riff 1)
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(w/riff 1)
The room smells faintly of suntan lotion in the evening sunlight;
and when you take off your clothes,
you're still wearing a small pale skin bikini.
The sound of children playing in the park comes from far away,
and time slows down to the speed of the specks of dust floating in the light from the window.
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Summer leaves fall from summer trees
Summer grazes fade on summer knees
Summer nights are slowly getting long
Summer's going - hurry, it'll soon be gone
(w/riff 1)
So we went out to the park at midnight one last time -
past the abandoned glasshouse stuffed full of dying palms,
past the bandstand, and down to the boating lake.
And we swam in the moonlight for what seemed like hours,
until we couldn't swim any more.
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And as we came out of the water,
we sensed a certain movement in the air,
and we both shivered slightly;
and we ran to collect our clothes.
And as we walked home we could hear the leaves curling,
and turning brown on the trees,
and the birds deciding where to go for winter;
and the whole sound,
the whole sound of summer packing its bags and preparing to leave town.
Final Riff
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Oh but I want you to stay
Oh stay, please stay for a while
I really want you to stay, yeah
Oh yeah I want you to stay.