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Indian Summer Lyrics by Chris Whitley

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Summer is lost now
The frost is closing in
To the cold gospel dollar
The poor man walks in sin
I can't get no entrance, the doors all in rows
I pray into the distance, let me out of these heavy clothes
I beg, Indian summer, I need some return
So hard to get warm out
When its so easy to get a burn
Down in the pavement, the laws are learn
Its so hard to get warm where, its so easy to get burned
When a sister called up, said love had broken down
I said there is too much Ice around here, to find now solid ground
While I just squeeze a season, from this paper bag
I pray to the burning tires, and wrap my feet in rags
Oh, Indian summer, I need some return
So hard to get warm out
When its so easy to get a burn
Down in the pavment, the laws are learned
Its so hard to get warm where, its so easy to get a burn
Now the sky's empty
The street is sweating tears
Communion at the station
For a million grinding gears
While I'm grinding out this century
While the harvest engines sing
From a church of mercenaries
To a naked virgin spring
I'm singing
Indian summer, I need some return
So hard to get warm out
When its so easy to get a burn
Down on the pavment, the laws are learned
Its so hard to get warm where, its so easy to get burned
Credits
Chris Whitley

Chris Whitley

About “Indian Summer” by Chris Whitley

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"Indian Summer" appears on "Dirt Floor".

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