SUMMERTIME PROMISES
(Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen)

Jack Jones


Those leafy lanes we walked through hand in hand
The lazy beach where we just tanned and tanned 
They're gone just like the lovely plans we planned
Summertime promises that's all

The ferris wheel that took us to the moon 
Has brought us back to earth too soon, too soon
What we called love I guess was only June
Summertime promises that's all

Only fools trust in holiday romances
Only fools cling to summer souvenirs
We were fools and like fools we took our chances
It was a loveliest summer in years

It's over still it seems like yesterday
You said you'd care forever come what may
I'm still in love with you but like they say
Summertime promises, summertime promises 
Seldom come true in the fall


(Contributed by lcooper - April 2005)