"Summer Love" - classic jazz song

May 06, 2020

A song about a summer love affair that burned brief and bright, and then burned itself right out. It took a few months to get to it, but when I finally did work out what I wanted to say, the melody and lyrics all came together in half an hour. The tune is in the "Great American Songbook" style.

This was the first time I did a recording with video. I'd only just built my recording booth, it still looked a bit odd inside. It came out OK, although I don't think that the recording quality is quite polished enough to release. Many thanks to my amazing friends Ewout Pierreux, Tom Lambrecht and Jasper De Roeck, who played piano, drums and bass on this song (and played really great).

I'm planning to make a better quality version of this soon, for official release.

Summer Love was oh so sweet
Summer Love knocked me off my feet
Summer Love was indiscreet
Goodbye Summer Love

You and I were perfect just
For a sweet July and a hot August
September turned it all to dust
Goodbye Summer Love

Seemed back then for a little while
We were quite the perfect pair
But when it came down, harvest style
There was really nothing, nothing there

So Summer Love, goodbye to you
The sweetest fruit that this year grew
I had my fill and now I'm through
Goodbye Summer Love