That summer feeling (3X)      When there's things to do not because you gotta   When you run for love not because you oughta   When you trust your friends with no reason notta   The joy I've named shall not be tamed      And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life      When the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it   When the smell of the lawn makes you flop down on it   When the teenage car gets the cop down on it   That time is here for one more year      And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life      If you've forgotten what I'm naming   You're gonna long to reclaim it one day   Because that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life   And if you wait until your older   A sad resentment will smolder one day   And then that summer feeling is gonna haunt you   And that summer feeling's gonna taunt you   And then that summer feeling is gonna hurt you one day in your life      When even fourth grade starts looking good   Which you hated   And first grade's looking good too   Overrated   And you boys long for some little girl that you dated   Do you long for her or for the way you were?   That summer feeling is gonna haunt you the rest of your life      When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it   When the catamaran has got the drop down on it   When the flat of the land has got the crop down on it   Some things look good before and some things never were   But that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life      Well when your friends are in town and they got time for you   When you and them are hanging around and they don't ignore you   When you say what you will   And they still adore you   If thats not appealing, its that summer feeling   That summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life      Its gonna haunt you   Its gonna taunt you   You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time   Its gonna haunt you   Its gonna taunt you   You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time      When you're hangin around the park with the water fountain   And there's the little girl with the dirty ankles   But she's on the swings where all the dust is kickin up   And you remember the ankle locket   And the way she flirted with you   For all this time how come?   Well that summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life      You'll throw away everything for it (2X)      When the playground that just was all dirt comes hauntin   And that little girl that called you a flirt   Memory comes tauntin   You pick these things apart they're not that appealin   You put them together and you'll get a certain feeling   That summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life