Lyrics

Summer of Thieves

1
it must be that time of year / the falling of the leaves
the gentle sound of rain that drums upon the eaves
to wash me free from the stain that clings so close sometimes
that bitter feeling of grief from stealing the workers’ wine
but everything fades in the sun
everything fades in the sun it seems

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and that long hot summer comes and it leaves
just like young love in the summer of thieves

2
a soul so battered and bruised will never earn its keep
you say true love cannot break as I lay down to sleep
but when your words are recalled much farther down the line
will I bow to the guilt or steal the workers’ wine?
and everything falls through my hands it seems

ch
and that long hot summer comes and it leaves
must’ve been love in the summer of thieves

mid
now that it’s winter we’ve found
I can’t stay / I can’t stay in this cold cold ground

3 solo


but everything fades in the sun
everything fades in the sun it seems

ch
and that long hot summer comes and it leaves
just like young love in the summer of thieves

coda
love in the summer of thieves
must’ve been / must’ve been

© 1998 Peter & Andrew Kenyon (Control) / Dan Hall (Mandarin Music/Mushroom Music P/L (Aust & New Zealand) / Mandarin Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc.(Rest of the World))