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Summer in the City

Description

"Summer in the City" is a song orginally composed, performed, recorded and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed live on 2003-10-03 at Tonic in New York, NY.

"Summer in the City" was recorded at the 2004 studio session on 2004-09-22 before being released on the LP Begin to Hope on 2006-06-13.

"Summer in the City" was performed live extensively since its release through 2010. After twelve years, it was performed live again at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, PA in the tour supporting Home, before and after, going on to be played the remainder of the tour.

Live performances of "Summer in the City" were featured on Live at Lollapalooza 2007 EP released in 2007 and WFUV Live X Volume 11 released in 2008.

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Lyrics

Summer in the city
Means cleavage, cleavage, cleavage
And I started miss you, baby, sometimes
I've been staying up drinking
In the late night establishments
Telling strangers personal things
Summer in the city
I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely
So I went to a protest
Just to rub up against strangers
And I did feel like coming
But I also felt like crying
And it doesn't seem so worth it right now
And the castrated ones stand in the corner smoking
They want to feel the bulges in their pants start to rise
At the sight of a beautiful woman
They feel nothing
But anger
Her skin makes them sick in the night
Nauseous, nauseous, nauseous
Summer in the city
I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely
I've been hallucinating you, babe
At the backs of other women
And I tap 'em on the shoulder
And they turn around smiling but
There's no recognition in their eyes
Oh, summer in the city!
Means cleavage, cleavage, cleavage
Don't get me wrong, dear
In general I'm doing quite fine
It's just when it's summer in the city
And you are so long gone from the city I start to miss you, baby, sometimes
When it's summer in the city
And you are so long gone from the city
I start to miss you, baby, sometimes
Oh, I start to miss you, baby, sometimes

Sheet Music

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Song Facts

Release Status:

Released

Originally By:

Original

Collaborators:

Solo

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Written:

Unknown

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Song Stats

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Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:

about 20 years and 10 months

Time Between First and Last Performance:

about 20 years and 10 months

# of Appearances on Official Releases:

3

# of Times Performed Live:

101

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