SUMMERTIME LIES 
(Milton De Lugg / Bob Hilliard)

as recorded by Kitty Kallen
1961


Please don't fool me,
Please don't hurt me,
Please don't tell me summertime lies!

The yellow moon is shining on the sandy shore,
You can beg and plead but I won't go there anymore,
'Cause once too often, once too often,
I've been fooled by summertime lies!

It isn't fair to take me to the beach tonight,
To kiss me in a moonlit cove that's out of sight.
Once too often, once too often,
I've been hurt by summertime lies!

You make it sound just like the paradise that I've been dreamin' of,
But summertime makes everyone believe that they're in love,
So let's not get carried away
Till we mean every word that we say!

Your lovin' arms would make my doubts all disappear,
But I don't wanna broken heart again this year!
Once too often, once too often,
I've been fooled by summertime lies!

Please don't fool me,
Please don't hurt me,
Please don't tell me summertime lies!





(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2020)