Chantal Kreviazuk – Boys Of Summer

Words & Music: Don Henley

** Chantal would occasionally play a piano version of this song (a Top 5 hit for Don Henley in 1984) during her early performances, promoting Under These Rocks & Stones. These are the official lyrics to the song, and not accurate to the way Chantal plays it. **

Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach

I feel it in the air

The summer’s out of reach

Empty lake, empty streets

The sun goes down alone

I’m drivin’ by your house

Though I know you’re not at home

But I can see you

Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun

You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby

And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights

I wonder if it was a dream

Remember how you made me crazy?

Remember how I made you scream

Now I don’t understand what happened to our love

But babe, I’m gonna get you back

I’m gonna show you what I’m made of

I can see you

Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun

I see you walkin’ real slow and you’re smilin’ at everyone

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today, I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

A little voice inside my head said, “Don’t look back. You can never look back.”

I thought I knew what love was – what did I know?

Those days are gone forever

I should just let them go but-

I can see you

Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun

You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby

And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you

Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun

You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone