Don Henley – Boys of Summer
You know those certain songs that do strange things to you? The ones that make you feel surreal, and you can’t exactly say why you feel that way, at least not in a coherent fashion, but it gets stuck in your head… it’s indescribable. Either you hear the song and it makes you feel a certain way, or you have no idea what I’m talking about and you will think I’m rambling like a crazy person (but I feel sorry for you). Either way – whether it haunts you, or you’re simply a Don Henley fan – this song is great, and definitely makes it onto my “top 25 best songs of all time” list. If I had ever bothered to actually write such a list, that is. 🙂
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The Video Used to be here, until Don Henley removed all audio from all of his videos on the Internet
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Dear Don Henley’s Publisher: what, exactly, is the purpose of muting this song? Since you don’t offer an official video, fan uploaded videos are our only option. Sure, I can dig out one of my old Don Henley cassette tapes or CD’s from that box way in the back of my closet that has all my crappy old technology in it, and try to find a cassette tape player or CD player to put it into. And some speakers that would plug into either of those things. But I would rather quickly and easily listen on YouTube, than dig out all my dusty old technology just to listen to 1 song that I love once in a blue moon. Why don’t you find some way to make it right with the fans, instead of just muting all the videos and giving us zero working alternatives, such as an OFFICIAL youtube channel where you could be in control of uploading the one and only official version of the video for fans to enjoy?? If you don’t have your own official channel offering videos to fans, then it is super unfair to remove the audio from fan copies of the song. Get with the times!
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Don Henley – Boys of Summer Lyrics
Nobody on the road
nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
the summer’s out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets,
the sun goes down alone
I’m drivin’ by your house
Though I know you’re not home
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your
sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
after the boys of summer have gone
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I don’t understand
what’s happened to our love,
But babe I’m gonna get you back
I’m gonna show you what I’m made of
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
I see you walkin’ real slow and you’re
smilin’ at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
after the boys of summer have gone
Out on the road today
I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said,
“Don’t look back. You can never look back.”
I thought I knew what love was,
what did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that
radio on baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
after the boys of summer have gone
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those
wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
after the boys of summer have gone