## Metadata
**Caption:** synth pop, girl group, upbeat, nostalgic 80s, female vocal, 122 BPM
**BPM:** 120
**Duration:** 185.0s
**Key:** C minor
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
Everybody's out and living free
Windows down and dancing wild and easy
I'm stuck inside these city walls of heat
Missing all the fun out on the street

[chorus]
It's a cruel summer, left here on my own
Cruel summer, everybody's out and I'm alone
The sun is shining but I feel the cold
This cruel summer's a story I've been told

[verse]
Postcards coming in from far away
Pictures of the fun I'm missing today
I'm counting hours till the heat wave ends
Wishing I was out there with my friends

[chorus]
It's a cruel summer, left here on my own
Cruel summer, everybody's out and I'm alone
The sun is shining but I feel the cold
This cruel summer's a story I've been told

[bridge]
Maybe August brings a change of scene
Maybe I'll escape this in-between
Till then I'll watch the world through glass
Waiting for this cruel summer to pass

[chorus]
It's a cruel summer, left here on my own
Cruel summer, everybody's out and I'm alone
The sun is shining but I feel the cold
This cruel summer's a story I've been told