This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
I know you like to wear my dressing-gown,
When I'm not there.
I guess you like it in my shoes.
Just cause you drive a Maserati
And the ladies stare
Don't mean you'll go as fast as I do.
I know it's summer in the city
And the sun is high
But you can play it cool again
Cause boy I seen you disco dancing
With your pants on fire
We need a little tropical rain
So baby, baby
Watch the needle when your heading south
You drive me crazy
Just remember you can burn me out
So get down
It's been a long, hot summer
And it's 95 degrees in the shade
It's only Sunday morning
And I need that Friday feeling again
You put me in a fever 50 stories high
And suddenly I'm freezing
And I don't know why
It's been a long, hot summer
And I'm shaking like a cool lemonade
If you want to get fresh
Get outta my car
Cause the boys up here are going to fast
I'm taking my time now
If you want to fly high
Keep outta the sun
When your fingers start to run
It's no fun
So why don't you climb now
If you want to get fresh
Then take a cold shower
Put your back on ice
Before you turn sour
Nobody can fool me
Now I'm cleaning my head
And dusting my eyes
Every time I feel the temperature rise
I need you to cool me
I'm partied out of house and home
So baby if you fight me
How you gonna like me
Runnin' down that open road
So think before you bite me
How you gonna get back home
It's been a long, hot summer
And it's 95 degrees in the shade
It's only Sunday morning
And I need that Friday feeling again
You put me in a fever 50 stories high
And suddenly I'm freezing
And I don't know why
It's been a long, hot summer
And I'm shaking like a cool lemonade
Cause I
So why do you bite me
So why do you bite me
A little late to take it slow
But I couldn't wait to party
At the cannon ball
Not what I wanted
Now I've seen it all
So find me
I've ricochet
Around the world
Drinking pink champagne
It's easy!
When I'm not there.
I guess you like it in my shoes.
Just cause you drive a Maserati
And the ladies stare
Don't mean you'll go as fast as I do.
I know it's summer in the city
And the sun is high
But you can play it cool again
Cause boy I seen you disco dancing
With your pants on fire
We need a little tropical rain
So baby, baby
Watch the needle when your heading south
You drive me crazy
Just remember you can burn me out
So get down
It's been a long, hot summer
And it's 95 degrees in the shade
It's only Sunday morning
And I need that Friday feeling again
You put me in a fever 50 stories high
And suddenly I'm freezing
And I don't know why
It's been a long, hot summer
And I'm shaking like a cool lemonade
If you want to get fresh
Get outta my car
Cause the boys up here are going to fast
I'm taking my time now
If you want to fly high
Keep outta the sun
When your fingers start to run
It's no fun
So why don't you climb now
If you want to get fresh
Then take a cold shower
Put your back on ice
Before you turn sour
Nobody can fool me
Now I'm cleaning my head
And dusting my eyes
Every time I feel the temperature rise
I need you to cool me
I'm partied out of house and home
So baby if you fight me
How you gonna like me
Runnin' down that open road
So think before you bite me
How you gonna get back home
It's been a long, hot summer
And it's 95 degrees in the shade
It's only Sunday morning
And I need that Friday feeling again
You put me in a fever 50 stories high
And suddenly I'm freezing
And I don't know why
It's been a long, hot summer
And I'm shaking like a cool lemonade
Cause I
So why do you bite me
So why do you bite me
A little late to take it slow
But I couldn't wait to party
At the cannon ball
Not what I wanted
Now I've seen it all
So find me
I've ricochet
Around the world
Drinking pink champagne
It's easy!
Lyrics submitted by BambooBanga
Long Hot Summer Lyrics as written by Paul John Weller
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think we know the real meaning of this song. The lyric "Watch the needle when you're heading south" make it pretty obvious. Can't believe this song was meant for Herbie...
The summer is hot, the dog days of summer are boring, so yeah.
From the singles boxset: Long Hot Summer was written by Xenomania when the team were in LA. Xenomania visited the Disney offices in LA and were asked to write a song that would feature in the Lindsay Lohan 'Herbie' movie. This was the eventual result, although, for various reasons, the track never made the movie.
I love this song, it's in my top three faves of theirs. I love from "If you wanna get fresh get out of my car" to "But I just can't lie, now I'm queasy." I could kinda see this as a song for Herbie...