Summertime

Summertime when will you come?

I wanna put my light things on

I wanna put my winter life away

Summertime I need a sunny day

I want those peaches on the table

Want the watermelon red

And the warm sun crepping through the window

To ease the outer pain

I want the sand out there to lie on

And the sea out there to swim

So my heart can take a holiday

From breaking over here

Summertime when will you come?

I wanna put my light things on

Wanna put my winter life away

Summertime I need a sunny day

And I wanna it dry forever

Wanna roll those windows down

Get the breeze back on my body

Get my feet back on the ground

I want the sand out there to lie on

And the sea out there to swim

So my heart can take a holiday

From breaking over here

Summertime when will you come?

I wanna put my light things on

I wanna put my winter life away

Summertime I need a sunny day

Written by Cohen and Sharon Robinson, it has been recorded by Diana Ross (on Red Hot Rhythm And Blues (1987)) and Roberta Flack (on Set The Night To Music (1991)), but never by Cohen himself.