13/7/88

It was a hot summer day
About a thousand years ago, it seems
It was a hot summer day
On a Monday the Thirteenth
It was a hot summer day
Golden hair fell in your eyes
It was a hot summer day
Sunlight falling from the skies

And how your mother wept
And how my father cried
Cause O my brother, one small step, that day
That day the summer died

It was a hot summer day
And the air above the road, it seems
On that hot summer day
Must have shimmered like a dream
It was a hot summer day
When I learned about the fall
On that hot summer day
And the car you never saw

And how your mother wept
And how my father cried
Cause O my brother, one small step, that day
That day the summer died

It was a hot summer night
As they waited by your bed
It was a hot summer night
Just one tiny bruise upon your head
It was a hot summer night
As we waited for some news
It was a hot summer night
And in the morning light we faced the truth

And how your mother wept
And how my father cried
Cause O my brother, one small step, that day
That day the summer died


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It was a hot summer day
As we left the place of prayer
It was a hot summer day
And as the car pulled through the gates
It was a hot summer day
A stranger passing, stopped and stood
It was a hot summer day
And he took off his hat, gave a salute

And how your mother wept
And how my father cried
Cause O my brother, one small step, that day
That day the summer died