That summer feeling 
 That summer feeling
 That summer feeling
 When there's things to do not because you gotta
 When you run for love not because you oughtta
 When you trust your friends with no reason not ta (nada)
 The joy I name shall not be tamed
 And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 
 When the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it
 When the smell of the lawn makes you flop down on it
 When the teenage car gots the cop down on it
 The time is here for one more year
 And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 
 That summer feeling 
 That summer feeling
 That summer feeling
 
 If you've forgotten what I'm naming
 You're gonna long to reclaim it one day
 Because that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 
 And if you wait until your older
 A sad resentment will smoulder one day
 And Then that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 And that summer feeling's gonna taunt you
 And then that summer feeling is gonna hurt you
 One day in your life.
 
 When even fourth grade starts looking good
 Which you hated,
 And first grade's looking good too,
 Overrated,
 And you boys long for some little girl
 That you dated
 Do you long for her of for the way you were,
 That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 
 When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it
 When the catamaran has got the drop down on it
 When the flat of the land has got the crop down on it
 Some things were good before and some things never were
 But that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 
 Well when your friends are in town and they've got time 
 for you
 When you were never hanging around and they don't 
 ignore you
 When you say what you will and they still adore you
 Is that not appealing, it's that summer feeling.
 That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 It's gonna haunt you
 It's gonna taunt you
 You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.
 It's gonna haunt you
 It's gonna taunt you
 You're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.
 One more thing...
 
 When you're hanging around the park with the water 
 fountain
 And there's the little girl with the dirty ankles cuz 
 she's
 On the swings, you know, and all the dust is kicking up
 And you remember the ankle locking
 And the way she flirted with you
 For all this time, how come?
 Well that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 You'll throw away everything for it.
 You'll throw away everything for it.
 One more thing...
 
 Well when the playground that just was all dirt
 Comes haunting.
 And that little girl that called you a flirt
 Memory comes taunting
 You pick these things apart they're not that appealing
 You put them together and you'll get this certain 
 feeling
 And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
 One day in your life.
 It's gonna haunt you
 It's gonna taunt you
 You're gonna want this feeling inside
 One more time