Summer Girls Lyrics

[Intro: Rich Cronin]
Yeah, I like it when the girls stop by in the summer
Do you remember, do you remember
When we met that summer?

[Chorus: All]
New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by
For the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer, since that summer


[Verse 1: Rich Cronin]
Hip hop, marmalade, spick-and-span
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see
The great Larry Bird, Jersey 33
When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willie Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby
Somethin' in your eyes really drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer, then went back home
Macaulay Culkin wasn't home alone
Fell deep in love, but now we ain't speakin'
Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton
[Refrain: Rich Cronin]
When I met you, I said my name is Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie & Fitch

[Chorus: All]
New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by
For the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer, since that summer

[Verse 2: Rich Cronin, with Devin Lima]
Cherry Pez, Cold Crush, Rockstuds, Boogie
Used to hate school, so I had to play hookie
Always been hip to the B-boy style
Known to act wild and make a girl smile
Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Reminds me of you 'cause you rock my world
You come from Georgia, where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock and roll
Dad took off when you were four years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better, baby, when you're near
You love Fun Dip and Cherry Coke
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke

[Refrain: Rich Cronin]
When I met you, I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie & Fitch

[Chorus: All]
New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by
For the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer, since that summer

[Post-Chorus: Rich Cronin]
In the summertime, girls got it goin' on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey, like I stole your bike

[Verse 3: Rich Cronin, with Devin Lima]
Boogaloo Shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook, like my man Mr. Limpet
Think about that summer and I bug 'cause I miss it
I like The Color Purple, macaroni and cheese
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up, but what's the use?
I like Kevin Bacon, but I hate Footloose
Came in the door, I said it before
I think I'm over you, but I'm really not sure
[Refrain: Rich Cronin]
When I met you, I said my name was Rich
You looked like a girl From Abercrombie & Fitch

[Chorus: All]
New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by
For the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer, since that summer

[Bridge: Rich Cronin]
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile, and some are so-so
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile, and some are so-so

[Post-Chorus: Rich Cronin]
Summertime girls got it goin' on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Chorus: All, Rich Cronin]
New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick (Yeah, In the summertime)
And I think it's fly when girls stop by
For the summer, for the summer (In the summertime)
I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch (Yeah, In the summertime)
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer, since that summer (In the summertime)

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The infectious summer anthem that never seemed to make sense.

Written by the late Rich Cronin, it is actually a tribute to inside jokes from summers spent on Cape Cod while growing up. He never thought that anyone other than his friends would ever hear it.

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