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Feeling easy on the outside
But not so funny on the inside
Feel the sound, pray for rain
For this is the night we ride
This ain't the garden of eden
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
Lock all your doors from the outside
The key will dangle by the inside
You may begin to understand
That this is the night we ride
This ain't the garden of eden
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
On the night we ride...this ain't the summer of love.
This ain't the garden of eden
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
This ain't the summer, this ain't, this ain't
This ain't the summer of love
But not so funny on the inside
Feel the sound, pray for rain
For this is the night we ride
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
The key will dangle by the inside
You may begin to understand
That this is the night we ride
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love
This ain't the summer, this ain't, this ain't
This ain't the summer of love
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Not exactly an evangelical hymnal, that's for sure. One of the greatest album-opening songs ever.
to me this is about taking risks... and not getting caught up in religious beliefs or ways of living... this ain't the summer of love to me simply means you are not finding what your looking for... so I'm catching the idea BOC is not all about happy stuff, but listening to them doesn't make me feel depressed... more of a realist.
great song as a high school freshman in 1976 bicentenial with no girl friend this song just made perfect sense
I bought the album and this sets the tone for what is to come.... "Summer of Love" was that hippy dream time in the mid sixties, a decade had passed and here we had those arch metalloid fiends BOC putting the 70s into perspective. No, "things aint what they used to be" so maybe we should all get real and grow up and deal with the harsher realities of life that were always there... It segues into another paean to times lost and times to deal with stuff you rather you did not have to..."True Confessions" an allusion to the magazines of this name no doubt. A great track from a great album I played all the time that year... my girlfriend once remarked to the contrary when it had finished playing, our relationship endured at least another year but then it was soon enough time for some true confessions, no 78 "aint the summer of love".... well, for some of us maybe...
@Rockinroyston I think you are doing GREAT to even remember 78! I remember it too.
@Rockinroyston I think you are doing GREAT to even remember 78! I remember it too.
L7 covered this song.
and so did CURRENT 93!
and so did CURRENT 93!
Don't forget Green River featured several lines in their song Swallow My Pride. Grunge loved boc. Seriously who doesn't?
Don't forget Green River featured several lines in their song Swallow My Pride. Grunge loved boc. Seriously who doesn't?