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All Summer Long

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Oct. 9, 20071 viewer189.6K views

All Summer Long Lyrics

[Intro]
It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man

She was seventeen and she was far from in-between
It was summertime in Northern Michigan

Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah

[Verse 1]
Splashing through the sand bar
Talking by the campfire
It's the simple things in life, like when and where
We didn't have no internet
But man, I never will forget
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

[Hook]
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long


[Verse 2]
Catching walleye from the dock
Watching the waves roll off the rocks
She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
We'd blister in the sun
We couldn't wait for night to come
To hit that sand and play some rock and roll
[Hook]
While we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long

"Sweet Home Alabama" oh yeah
Turn it up!

[Verse 3]
Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
Or how we thought those days would never end
Sometimes I'll hear that song and I'll start to sing along
And think man I'd love to see that girl again
(Man I'd love to see that girl again) Yeah


[Hook]
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
[Outro]
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
All summer long

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Genius Annotation

A musical mashup between “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd and “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon (since they have identical chord progression), and a nostalgic song about one’s youthful past: love, music, and hedonism.

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What did Kid Rock say about "All Summer Long"?
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Has "All Summer Long" ever been nominated for a Grammy?
Genius Answer

Yes, in 2009 the song was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, but lost to “Say” by John Mayer.

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