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Summer Night City Lyrics
In the night a new day dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach
Summer night city...
Summer night city...
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
In the sun I feel like sleeping
I can't take it for too long
My impatience slowly creeping
Up my spine and growing strong
I know what's waiting there for me
Tonight I'm loose and fancy-free
Aa-ahhh
When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breathe and time to live
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
It's elusive call it glitter
Somehow something turns me on
Some folks only see the litter
We don't miss them when they're gone
I love the feeling in the air
My kind of people everywhere
When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
And tomorrow, when the dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
(repeat 2x and fade)
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach
Summer night city...
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
I can't take it for too long
My impatience slowly creeping
Up my spine and growing strong
I know what's waiting there for me
Tonight I'm loose and fancy-free
Aa-ahhh
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breathe and time to live
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
Somehow something turns me on
Some folks only see the litter
We don't miss them when they're gone
I love the feeling in the air
My kind of people everywhere
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
And tomorrow, when the dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park
Summer night city
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i always heard "walking in the moonlight" as "f***ing in the moonlight"
glad i got that cleared up
can't believe no one has commented here... this song is absolutely amazing! ABBA and disco forever!
i LOVE this song! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! especially the mv!
i just can't really interpret the song...
i like it very much. I associate this song with Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I don't know why. I think it's about sun and beach, sunset or dawn in a big city, like Miami. Something like that, I think
Well the truth is this is a song dedicated to Sweden s capital Stockholm and the very long summer nights they have there...The video is even shot there.
As a composer I love the song, chords and melody. At first glance it does seem to contain an immoral message. However, the lines close to the end read this:
And tomorrow when it's dawning And the first birds starts to sing In the pale light of the morning Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream it's out of reach Scattered driftwood on the beach.
Scattered driftwood is far from beautiful and peaceful. I believe it is a warning.
I enjoy ABBA's music. This particular song though I have a bit of a problem with. I believe that there IS a message of an immoral nature here.
"this giant dynamo"?... What is that?
Also the phrase "Walking in the moon light..." DOES sound like a clever way of actually saying and masking the phrase: "F***ing in the moon light"... And I'm certain that is what people hear.
I see a lot of this kind of masking of meanings in much modern music. This disturbs me because music has great power to sway peoples beliefs and behavior.