A WALK IN THE SUN
As recorded by The Turtles
(From the 1965 Album IT AIN'T ME BABE)

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
            
The cold clean

             
 air, it sets 

              
my boot heels 


on fire
              
But if I told 

              
you I've forgo

             
tten my past, 

              
I'd be a mothe

      
rless liar
             
A woman of the

           
 street, a wom

an of the worl

d
             
A hell-made mo

           
del of the dev

il's girl
              
I'm gonna hold

             
 my head up hi

              
gh and take a 

            
walk in the su

n

[Verse 2]
              
Well, she gave

             
 her heart to 

              
so many that s

         
hattered my wo

rld
              
Ah, but a man 

              
can't ruin his

             
 life for the 

          
love of a girl
             
I'm gonna thro

              
w away my crut

            
ches, gonna ru

n in the rain
             
Gonna let my n

              
ostrils swell 

         
with the natur

e of the plain

s
              
I'm gonna hold

             
 my head up hi

              
gh and take a 

            
walk in the su

n

[Bridge]
             
Well, she love

              
d so many men,

              
 my heart was 


breakin'
             
With every lit

              
tle kiss, well

        
 I'd be achin'
             
Yet whatever I

              
've be given t

     
o be taken
              
Ah, but a man 

             
can't live whe

            
n the story be

            
gins, begins t

       
o slip away

[Verse 3]
            
I'm gonna walk

              
 right down th

             
at road and ne

      
ver return
              
And not until 

              
these fires in

             
side me are st

          
artin' to burn
              
'Cause I don't

             
 need a gal be

             
side me or a g


al to keep me 

warm
             
Or a gal that 

              
I can talk to 

         
'til the early

 hours of morn

'
              
I'm gonna hold

             
 my head up hi

              
gh and take a 

            
walk in the su

n

[Guitar Solo]
      

[Verse 4]
             
Well, I'm gonn

            
a walk on down

             
 that road and

         
 never return
              
And not until 

              
these fires in

             
side me are st

          
artin' to burn
              
'Cause I don't

             
 need a gal be

             
side me or a g


al to keep me 

warm
             
Or a gal that 

              
I can talk to 

         
'til the early

 hours of morn

'
              
I'm gonna hold

             
 my head up hi

              
gh and take a 

            
walk in the su

n
              
I'm gonna hold

             
 my head up hi

              
gh and take a 

            
walk in the su

n

[Outro]