TOTP - Don Henley - Boys Of Summer

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The Boys of Summer" is a song sung by Don Henley, written by him and Mike Campbell. It is the lead track and first single from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast. The song's music video won many awards."The Boys of Summer" was a big hit, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was also a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. A re-release of the single in 1998 also reached #12.

Henley won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song.

"The Boys of Summer" was ranked #416 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.



The Boys of Summer lyrics:



Nobody on the road,

nobody on the beach.

I feel it in the air,

the summers out of reach



Empty lake, empty streets,

the sun goes down alone.

I'm driving by your house

though i know that you not home...



And i can see you

you brown skin shining in the sun

you got your hair combed back

sunglasses on baby



and i can tell you

my love for you will still be strong

after the boy of summer have gone.



out on the road today

i saw a dead head sticker on a cadillac

a voice inside my head said don't look back

you can never look back



i thought i knew what love was

what did i know

those days are gone for ever

i should just let them go and...



i can see you

your brown skin shining in the sun

you know your walking real slow

smiling at everyone



i can tell you

my love for you will still be strong

after the boys of summer have gone.



I never will forget those nights

i wonder if it was a dream

remember how you drove me crazy?

remember how i made you scream?



now i don't understand what happed to our love

now baby gonna get you back

gonna show you what i'm made of...



i can see you

your brown skin shining in the sun

you got your top pulled down,

radio on baby



and i can tell you

my love for you will still be strong

after the boys of summer have gone.