June Afternoon Lyrics
Try the river boat, the carousel,
feed the pigeons, Bar-B-Q.
Look at all the people,
happy faces all around.
Smiling, throwing kisses,
busy making lazy sounds
it never gets dark.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.
Get your green, green tambourine,
let's play in the park.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun
Some folks are on blankets,
slowly daydreaming and reaching for their food.
Let's go buy an ice-cream
and a magazine with an attitude
and put on a cassette,
we can pretend that you're a star
cos life's so very simple
just like la-la-la
There are some squirrels jumping in the trees,
There's a wide-eyed boy with a red balloon.
All my life I've longed for this afternoon.
This song is about having fun and enjoying life. Very few bands would get away with this. We'll give Roxette some leeway though.
upbeat song that I first hear on their greatest hits album, it completely blow me away..
I listened this song for the first time while being on exchange in Finland, during the first warm days, celebrating Vappu/Mayday ... First, it literally never gets dark up here. Second, everybody was sitting in parks in those days, singing, playing... man, this song will give me memories for years.
However, I thought he sang 'feed the pigeons barbecue'... oops. Like, why not feed the pigeons your crispy meat leftovers? :D
Other funny point is that the 'wheehee' sound is to be heard at specific times, but not directly after the 'busy making lazy sounds' line. I think that was too obvious.
To me, it's pretty obvious that this song is a celebration of marihuana. Just take a closer look at the lyrics, and you'll understand what I mean. "Get your GREEN tambourine, let's play in the park" - need I say more? And here's another indicator: "Look at all the people, happy faces all around, smiling, throwing kisses, busy making lazy sounds"..
Therefore, I think they're singing about a couple or a group of friends getting stoned in a park somewhere. "Some folks are on blankets, slowly daydreaming and reaching for their food" He's talking about the munchies, dude!
However, this is only my humble interpretation. Of course, the song could also just be about enjoying life and the warm weather in the summertime. Anyway, it's a great pop song and I love it :)