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Summer Song
Summer Song is track six from the 1986 James album Stutter.
The song deals with the theme of reincarnation which Tim had a deep fascination for at the time he was getting involved in non-medicinal ways of dealing with his chronic liver illness.
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Down the chute and out the door
I know that I've been here before
The blinding lights, the long white coat
Cut the cord before I choke
Oh, please sir, handle me gently
I've got nothing to protect me
This man in a mask stabbed me in the back
No sooner alive than I'm being attacked
If this is the planet earth
Oh please, mom, take me back in your sack
My keepers aren't too bad this time
The man's quiet, the woman's fine
When I arrive, what's hers is mine
I take and take it all the time
Oh please sir, do not tempt me
Those sweet things, they just destroy me
I always want more than I can get
My belly's full, but I'm not done yet
Need something to kill
The world is mine
It's true, it's true, it's true
You taught us how to be the same as you
If only you really knew
We wouldn't do what you do
It's true, it's true, it's true
As you poison the Earth you poison our lives
This isn't living, but another disguise
Go looking for truth
As all of this is built on lies and lies.......
Hey, hey, hey now you've found me
Everything's so clear
With your arms around and your song in my heart
There's simply nothing I can fear
Feel it inside, burst through my head
Straight through my eyes
Please don't let me hide
Cut through my head
And straight through my eyes
I know that I've been here before
The blinding lights, the long white coat
Cut the cord before I choke
Oh, please sir, handle me gently
I've got nothing to protect me
This man in a mask stabbed me in the back
No sooner alive than I'm being attacked
If this is the planet earth
Oh please, mom, take me back in your sack
My keepers aren't too bad this time
The man's quiet, the woman's fine
When I arrive, what's hers is mine
I take and take it all the time
Oh please sir, do not tempt me
Those sweet things, they just destroy me
I always want more than I can get
My belly's full, but I'm not done yet
Need something to kill
The world is mine
It's true, it's true, it's true
You taught us how to be the same as you
If only you really knew
We wouldn't do what you do
It's true, it's true, it's true
As you poison the Earth you poison our lives
This isn't living, but another disguise
Go looking for truth
As all of this is built on lies and lies.......
Hey, hey, hey now you've found me
Everything's so clear
With your arms around and your song in my heart
There's simply nothing I can fear
Feel it inside, burst through my head
Straight through my eyes
Please don't let me hide
Cut through my head
And straight through my eyes
| Song: | Summer Song |
| Released: | 21st July 1986 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Stutter |
| First Heard Live: | Blackpool Gaiety Bar – 29th August 1984 |
- Stutter acetate :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter promo tape :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter :Studio, Album, 1986
- The Gathering Sound :Compilation, Box Set, 2012
- Justhipper (Compilation) :Compilation, Album, 2017
- London Brixton Academy – 25th October 1991
- Nottingham Royal Concert Hall – 8th October 1991
- Glasgow Queen Margaret Union – 15th October 1988
- Newcastle Riverside – 12th October 1988
- Warrington Legends – 5th October 1988
- Manchester Green Rooms – 9th August 1987
- Glasgow Fury Murrays – 6th August 1987
- Liverpool University – 4th December 1986
- Bristol Bierkeller – 26th November 1986
- Hamburg Logo – 18th November 1986
- London ICA – 10th October 1986
- Dundee Dance Factory – 17th August 1986
- Glasgow Daddy Warbucks – 14th August 1986
- Bristol Clevedon Kenn Moor WOMAD – 19th July 1986
- Manchester PSV Club – 15th July 1986
- Manchester Town Hall – 7th June 1986
- Manchester Boardwalk – 15th December 1985
- Leeds Astoria – 23rd November 1985
- Liverpool System – 23rd August 1985
- Bristol Ashton Court Festival – 3rd August 1985
- Manchester Platt Fields Festival – 2nd August 1985
- Mersea Island WOMAD – 21st July 1985
- London Bloomsbury Theatre – 17th July 1985
- Glastonbury Festival – 23rd June 1985
- Edinburgh Hoochie Coochie – 26th May 1985
- London Hammersmith Riverside – 12th May 1985
- BBC Radio 1 Janice Long – 25th April 1985
- Manchester Palace Theatre – 31st March 1985
- Sheffield City Hall – 22nd March 1985
- London ICA – 19th March 1985
- Birmingham Hippodrome – 17th March 1985
- Blackpool Gaiety Bar – 29th August 1984
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