Summer days, summer nights are gone   Summer days and summer nights are gone   I know a place where there's still somethin' going on      I got a house on the hill, I got hogs out in the mud   I got a house on the hill, I got hogs all out in the mud   I got a long haired woman, she got royal Indian blood      Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing   Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing   Well I'm standin' on the table, I'm proposin' a toast to the king      And I'm driving in the flats in a Cadillac car   The girls all say, "You're a worn out star"   My pockets are loaded, and I'm spending every dime   How can you say you love someone else, you know it's me all the time      Well the fogs so thick you can't spy the land   The fogs so thick that you can't even spy the land   What good are you anyway?   If you can't stand up to some old businessman      Weddin' bells are ringin' and the choir is beginning to sing   Yes, the weddin' bells are ringin' and the choirs beginning to sing   What look good in the day, at night is another thing      She's looking into my eyes, and shes a-holding my hand   She looks into my eyes, she's holding my hand   She say, "you cant repeat the past,"   I say "You can't? What do you mean you can't? Of course you can"      Where do you come from, where do you go?   Sorry, that is nothing you would need to know   Well, my back's been to the wall so long it seems like it's stuck   Why don't you break my heart one more time, just for good luck?      I got eight carburetors and, boys, I'm usin' 'em all   Well, I got eight carburetors and, boys, I'm usin' 'em all   I'm short on gas, my motors startin' to stall      My dogs are barking, there must be someone around   My dogs are barking, there must be someone around   I got my hammer ringin' pretty baby, but the nails ain't goin' down      If you got something to say, speak or hold your peace   Well, if you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace   If it's information you want, you can get it from the police      Politicians got on his joggin' shoes   He must be runnin' for office, got no time to lose   Suckin' the blood out of the genius of generosity   You've been rollin' your eyes, you've been teasin' me      Standin' by Gods river my souls beginning to shake   Standin' by Gods river my souls beginning to shake   I'm countin' on you, love, to gimme a break      Well, I'm leaving in the morning, as soon as the dark clouds lift   Yes, I'm leaving in the morning, just as soon as the dark clouds lift   I'm breakin' the roof, set fire to the place as a partin' gift      Summer days, summer nights are gone   Summer days, summer nights are gone   I know a place where there's still something goin' on