It was a hot and sultry day   Somewhen in early september   I don't hardly remember the day   Just the way the sun beat down   Upon the bay, baby      I did not even need to know your name   It was, oh, so plain to see   That you had eyes for me   Halfway open, halfway closed   Half naked eyes for me, baby      It was a slow burning love   A fair-weather love affair   A slow burning, smouldering love   For you and i   And like the sun on the edge of the western sky   It died      Oh, the lights of the city were close at hand   I might just as well have been another man   You might just as well have been another girl   It might just as well have been another world      It was a slow burning love   A fair-weather love affair   A slow burning, smouldering love   For you and i   And like the sun on the edge of the western sky   It died      Slow burning love...