# WANTED: Songs about the end of Summer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769 "2003-09-05T17:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/41 "2003-09-06T22:32:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muldoon’s Squishiness \* > **Blasphemy!!!** Well, **Marlow** did say it was a cover. Besides, that version’s pretty good. There’s also “After the Summer’s Gone”, by PC Quest. Oh yeaaah. ---
**Author:** ![Marlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Marlow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlow)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/42 "2003-09-06T23:14:22Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions, I’m in the process of checking them out, and when I do, I’ll tell y’all what I thought of them. Personally, I hate it when a poster doesn’t provide any feedback for his post. ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/43 "2003-09-07T04:10:49Z")
Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/44 "2003-09-07T04:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*_See You in September_ is actually about the beginning of summer. > \*\* D’oh! I sorta thought that after replying. You’re right. How about another chance, then? **Weather Report Suite** - Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/45 "2003-09-09T17:17:07Z")
My vote goes for **David’s Last Summer** by **Pulp**. Jarvis Cocker always manages to add a sort of twist to his lyrics that I love. It’s the last track on the 1994 album HIS ‘N’ HERS. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/46 "2003-09-09T19:03:03Z")
Endless summer nights -Richard Marx Hot summer night - Meatloaf Summer of 69 - John Melloncamp I know it’s supposed to be a collection of summer songs for the winter but “Long December” by the counting crows is a cool song too. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/47 "2003-09-09T19:05:57Z")
“It must be Summer”, by Fountains of Wayne. Although it’s not so much an _end_ of summer tune, it nonetheless, while very poppy, injects a lot of bittersweet and a general feeling of “ending” so that it might be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/48 "2003-09-09T20:09:24Z")
**Cheryl Wheeler’s** [Summer’s Almost Over](http://cherylwheeler.com/songs/sao.html#beg) > [@](#): > > Summer’s almost over and I’m crying but I don’t know why > Sentimental old fool, weeping for this blue, blue sky > And the way the cat is sleeping and the way the garden grew > Wagging dogs who lick my face and the way I feel for you ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/49 "2003-09-09T20:20:03Z")
Weather Report Suite doesn’t really cut it, but US Blues does: “Summer time done come and gone, my oh my…” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/50 "2003-09-09T22:59:12Z")
I’ve always been partial to “Nightswimming” by REM, which isn’t really ABOUT the end of summer, but seems to hint at it (what with lines like “September’s coming soon…” and so on). Either way, it’s a great track. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/51 "2003-09-10T00:23:14Z")
It’s not a summer song, per se, but Barenaked Ladies “Pinch Me” always reminds me of summer, probably because of the line: > [@](#): > > It’s the perfect time of day > To throw all your cares away > Put the sprinkler on the lawn > And run through with my gym shorts on > Take a drink right from the hose > And change into some drier clothes > Climb the stairs up to my room > Sleep away the afternoon If that doesn’t describe every summer of my life age five to age 12, I don’t know what does. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/52 "2003-09-10T01:13:17Z")
**Nightswimming - R.E.M.** “Nightswimming… Remembering that night… September’s coming soon… I’m pining for the moon…” (Of course, there is a figurative as well as a literal aspect to the lyrics, as with many “end of summer” songs.) ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/53 "2003-09-10T01:54:13Z")
Back to School by Deftones. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/54 "2003-09-10T02:52:40Z")
Here’s another, this one’s by \*\*Sandy Denny \*\*, it’s called [Who Knows Where the Time Goes?](http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/sandy.denny/songs/whoknowswherethetimegoes.html) > [@](#): > > Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving > But how can they know it’s time for them to go? > Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming > I have no thought of time > > For who knows where the time goes? > Who knows where the time goes? ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/55 "2003-09-10T03:04:04Z")
Summertime Blues—The Who Seasons in the Sun—Jacques Brel ( I don’t remember the singer who did the insipid American version from the '70s.) ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/56 "2003-09-10T06:39:25Z")
That’d be Terry Jacks, who covered Seasons in the sun. And many people hate him for it. Not specifically the end of summer, but ‘cool’ to include as an instrumental with summer feeling: Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/57 "2003-09-10T13:00:50Z")
**Zoe** nailed a major favorite already - esp. since you particularly said the END of summer. Mmmm _The Summer Knows_ - my parents had a Ferrente & Teicher recording of the soundtrack that I loved even as a young child! For something more recent, **Koop’s** strangely named _Relaxin’ At Club F_\*\*_n_ from “Waltz for Koop” is excellent; and their first track on that same album is very summery as well. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/58 "2003-09-10T13:35:22Z")
I can’t remember the title but it goes something like… Those were the lazy, hazy days of summer… ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/59 "2003-09-10T13:55:45Z")
Very close. Nat King Cole had a hit with _Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer_: “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. . .” ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/60 "2003-09-10T13:58:32Z")
Thank you **Walloon** You nailed the song I was trying to remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769.md?page=2)