Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
Meet you at a quarter past nine
I bet you couldn't get
You baby off my mind
Cause everybody's waiting in line
So hop in the car we'll take a chance tonight
I'll meet you at a quarter past ten
I won't be missing you out again
Cause I don't know where to begin
so open up your eyes and let me in
And I wanna come with you
Tonight
Cause I feel it too
Yeah I wanna stay with you
Alright
So baby say you do
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
If you got some time
Ooh ooh
Wanna hop inside
Ooh ooh
Summer's just arrived
Ooh ooh
Gonna take a ride
with you
If you got some time
Ooh ooh
Wanna hop inside
Ooh ooh
Summer's just arrived
Ooh ooh
Gonna take a ride
with you
And I wanna come with you
Tonight
Cause I feel it too
Yeah I wanna stay with you
Alright
So baby say you do
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag
In the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
Meet you at a quarter past nine
I bet you couldn't get
You baby off my mind
Cause everybody's waiting in line
So hop in the car we'll take a chance tonight
I'll meet you at a quarter past ten
I won't be missing you out again
Cause I don't know where to begin
so open up your eyes and let me in
And I wanna come with you
Tonight
Cause I feel it too
Yeah I wanna stay with you
Alright
So baby say you do
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
If you got some time
Ooh ooh
Wanna hop inside
Ooh ooh
Summer's just arrived
Ooh ooh
Gonna take a ride
with you
If you got some time
Ooh ooh
Wanna hop inside
Ooh ooh
Summer's just arrived
Ooh ooh
Gonna take a ride
with you
And I wanna come with you
Tonight
Cause I feel it too
Yeah I wanna stay with you
Alright
So baby say you do
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag in the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
Summer nights
Alright with you
Boy I'm giving you all I've got
Don't fight it
Right on cue
I'll meet you in the parking lot
What you waiting for
Got your bag
In the back and I'm not
Gonna wait no no
No more
Ready never gonna stop
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
That's a fact
You got the best boy
Better than the rest boy
You got the best boy
Don't turn back
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