[Intro]



[Verse 1]
            
Sure was a lon

          
g,    long, lo

           
ng, hot summer

       
 night
           
  As far as my

        
 eyes could se

   
e (yeah, yeah,

 yeah)
           
But my heart w

            
as way down
           
In a cold, col

    
d winter storm
           
My darling, wh

             
ere can you be

    
?
             
Where can you 


be, baby?
            
Where can you 

 
be?
  


[Verse 2]
              
There were thr

           
ee sugar walls


 and-a two can

dy cane window

s
           
(Whoop, whoop,

  
 whoop, whoop,

 whoop)
           
But the seriou

             
s moon melted 

#            
all those in s

           
ight (all thos

     
e in sight)
              
Everybody's on

           
 fire but I'm 

           
a snowing in a

            
 cold blizzard
 
Where are you 

on this-a hot 

cold summer?
 
Where are you 

on this-a hot 

cold summer?
           
Where are you 

              
on this-a hot 

              
cold summer ni

       
ght?
 
 
  


[Verse 3]
           
Around about t

              
his time the t

              
elephone blew 

              
its horn acros

          
s the room
           
Scared little 

              
Annie clean ou

              
t of her mind,

              
 clean out of 

     
her mind
           
Roman the Cand

              
le, he peeps o

              
ut of his peek

              
aboo hide and 


seek
           
And grabbed li

              
ttle Annie fro

              
m the ceiling 

         
just in time
         
   And the tel

             
ephone keeps o

                
n screaming
        
             Y

       
eah, yeah, yea

h, yeah!
         

[Verse 4]
          
Hello, says my

#            
 shaky voice, 

           
well, how are 

     
you doing
         
I start to stu

tter
           
Ah, can't you 

     
tell I'm doing

 fine
           
It was my baby

              
 talking, she'

           
s way down acr

              
oss the border
           
She says, I'm 

going to hurry

 to you, I've 

been a fool
            
And I'm tired 

     
of crying
      
      


[Verse 5]
          
Yeah, a long, 

#            
long, long, ho

                
t summer night
         
As far as my e

              
yes could see 

           
(as far, as fa

  
r as I could s

ee)
           
But I can feel

              
 the heat comi

           
ng on as my ba

           
by's getting c

      
loser
        
I'm so glad th

at my baby's c

oming to rescu

e me
        
So glad that m

y baby's comin

g to rescue me
        
So glad my bab

y's coming to 

rescue me
        
Rescue, rescue

, rescue
        
Rescue, rescue
        
Rescue, rescue

, what'd I say
        
Rescue me, res

cue me
        
Rescue, rescue

 me, rescue me
        
Rescue