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That Summer
158
Country
That Summer was released on January 1, 1977 by Mercury Nashville as a part of the album Short Stories
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1977
LabelMercury Nashville
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM113

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don S. Reid Jr.
Don S. Reid Jr.
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy
Producer

Lyrics

It was the same summer I learned to
Play "It Had To Be You" on the piano
The same summer we jumped the fence at the fair
And you won, in two throws
The pink dog I'd tried all night to win
There's a storehouse of song titles I can recite from that summer
I hear one every now and then
It seems I'm always driving when I hear one
I turn the radio up, blank my mind, and let it drift
It's a good thing I never hear more than one at a time
Or I don't think I could see to drive
I see pictures taken that summer
Every time I give my personal belongings their annual cleaning out
Remember the one that was taken in your
Backyard the evening of graduation?
You wrote on the back, you wrote, well, you know what you wrote
Or maybe you don't, but I do
I still go to the same theater we went to that summer
I always sit about ten from the back on the right
You always got a headache if we sat any closer
And had to squint if we sat any farther back
You were a lot of trouble to me
Of course I see the same people we saw that summer
None of them ever mention you
I guess they don't know I still remember you like I do
Or maybe they do know I still remember you like I do
Maybe that's why they don't mention you
And the places
The places are still there although most of them have changed
That narrow bumpy dirt road up to the knoll where we used to park
Has been paved and a new housing development has gone in
Houses, cars, and people have invaded our place
Where your innocence became my guilt
People live daily as if nothing has
Ever happened on that piece of ground
I've learned other songs on the piano
The fair doesn't come anymore until late September
And those songs make me sad now instead of happy
The pictures have gotten bent and corners broken off
They've put in a new wide screen and swinging chairs in the theater
The people have grown older and the
Knoll is a pool of lights after dark
But the summers are still hot
And that's about the only thing that hasn't changed
Except that I still love you
Written by: Don S. Reid Jr.
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