JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, melantunkan lagu “That Summer Feeling”.
Lagu tersebut menjadi trek pertama dalam album keempat mereka yang diberi nama Jonathan Sings!.
Album tersebut dirilis pada 1983 melalui label musik Sire Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sitting Up Straight dari Supergrass
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “That Summer Feeling” dari Jonathan Richman.
[Intro]
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That summer feeling, that summer feeling
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That summer feeling
[Verse 1]
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When there's things to do not because you gotta
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When you run for love not because you oughta
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When you trust your friends with no reason not ta
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The joy I name shall not be tamed
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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[Verse 2]
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When the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it
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When the smell of the lawn makes you flop down on it
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When the teenage car gets the cop down on it
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The time is here for one more year
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling
[Bridge]
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If you've forgotten what I'm naming
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You're gonna long to reclaim it one day
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Because that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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And if you wait until you're older
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A sad resentment will smolder one day
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And then that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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And that summer feeling's gonna taunt you
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And then that summer feeling is gonna hurt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling
[Verse 3]
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When even fourth grade starts looking good, which you hated
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And first grade's looking good too, overrated
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And you boys long for some little girl that you dated
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Do you long for her or for the way you were?
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And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling
[Verse 4]
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When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it
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When the catamaran has got the drop down on it
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When the flat of the land has got the crop down on it
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Some things look good before and some things never were
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But that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling
[Verse 5]
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Well, when your friends are in town and they got time for you
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When you and them are hanging around and they don't ignore you
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When you say what you will and they still adore you
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Is that not appealing, it's that summer feeling
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That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling
[Bridge 2]
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It's gonna haunt you (summer feeling)
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It's gonna taunt you (summer feeling)
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You're gonna want this feeling inside (summer feeling)
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One more time (summer feeling)
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It's gonna haunt you (summer feeling)
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It's gonna taunt you (summer feeling)
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You're gonna want this feeling inside (summer feeling)
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One more time One more thing
[Verse 6]
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When you're hanging around the park with the water fountain
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And there's the little girl with the dirty ankles 'Cause she's on the swings where all the dust is kicking up
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And you remember the ankle locket and the way she flirted with you
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For all this time how come?
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Well, that summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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You'll throw away everything for it summer feeling
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You'll throw away everything for it summer feeling One more thing
[Verse 7]
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Well, when the playground that just was all dirt comes haunting
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And that little girl that called you a flirt memory comes taunting
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You pick these things apart, they're not that appealing
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You put them together and you'll get this certain feeling
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That summer feeling is gonna haunt you
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One day in your life
[Outro]
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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Summer feeling, summer feeling
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It's gonna haunt you (summer feeling)
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It's gonna taunt you (summer feeling)
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You're gonna want this feeling inside (summer feeling)
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One more time