Steel skies - no ties

With the sweat and the flies

And heat of the summer

We sigh - we sigh

Aaahh ... Aaahh

We had fun today

Even under hail and rain

Cause we know a place to go

We know a place

With no watermelon rotting away

Insects - snapping away

Sunburnt skin - peeling away

Ice-cream - melting away

Down neck and chest with Coppertone

Sandflies who won't leave me alone

There's a wasp in the butter - miles from home

A wasp in the butter - miles from home

Miles and miles and miles from home

There's sand in the sandwiches - I don't want it

Summer fun - so far from it

Summer fun!

I want steel skies

Antarctic eyes

Those winter ills

Tingling chills

Nights alone beside a phone

By the fire at home

Steel skies - no ties

With the sweat and the flies

And heat of the summer

Steel skies - steel skies