The winter can be long. At some point, the long expanse of cold days drains us and we start to daydream about warmer days. If you need help getting in the summer spirit, check out the three tracks, below.
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“Summer’s Comin’” (Clint Black)
Everything’s right with the summer comin’, it’s a sentiment that many can relate to. While the winter has its charms, there is something comforting about long days, warm weather, and the many activities one can get up to when the first two items on that list are accounted for. Clint Black sings about such activities in “Summer’s Comin’.” If you needed help daydreaming about what to do this summer, check out this track.
Nothin’ on earth that’ll get me hummin’
Like a heat wave comin’ and I’ll come runnin’
With her makin’ that tan in the broad daylight
And every night is a Saturday night
And everything’s right with the summer comin’
I’m the first one standin’ in line
For my day in the sun I’ve been workin’
‘Til the sun don’t shine
“Strawberry Wine” (Deana Carter)
Instead of looking ahead to future summers, perhaps you’d like to reminisce on summers past. If that’s more your speed, revisit “Strawberry Wine.” Summer is good for a lot of things, but a wild romance is certainly one. Deana Carter reminisces on her own summer time fling in this classic. We all know it and we all love it. Take “Strawberry Wine” for another spin, below.
A few cards and letters and one long distance call
We drifted away like the leaves in the fal
But year after year I come back to this place
Just to remember the taste
Of strawberry wine and seventeen
The hot July moon saw everything
My first taste of love, whoa-oh, bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
“Two Pina Coladas” (Garth Brooks)
Summer time begs us to let loose, but sometimes we need just a little liquid courage to do so. That’s the onus behind Garth Brooks’ “Two Pina Coladas.” He wants two of summer’s signature drinks in either hand, to bury his troubles in the sand, and fully relax into the joys of summer.
Tonight I’m gonna paint this town
So bring me two pina coladas
I want one for each hand
Let’s set sail with Captin Morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles I forgot ’em
I buried ’em in the sand
So bring me two pina coladas
She said good-bye to her good timin’ man
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