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In the Heat of the Summer
Judy Collins
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In the heat of the summer
When the pavements were burning
The soul of a city was ravaged in the night
After the city sun was setting
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Now, no one knows how it started
Why the windows were shattered
But deep in the dark, someone set the spark
And then it no longer mattered
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Down the street they were rumblin'
Bricks were heavily flying
Oh, where, oh, where are the white silver tongues
Who forgot to listen to the warnings?
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Drunk with the memory of the ghetto
Drunk with the lure of the looting
With the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
Asking, "Are you looking for trouble?"
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"No, no, no", moaned the mayor
"That's not the way of the order
Stay in your homes, please, leave us alone
We'll be glad to talk in the morning"
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"For shame, for shame", wrote the papers
"Why the hurry to your hunger?
Now the rubble is resting on your broken streets
And you see what your rage has unraveled"
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And when the fury was over
Shame was replacing the anger
So wrong, so wrong, but we've been down so long
And we had to make somebody listen
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In the heat of the summer
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