The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Summertime...and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'...and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich...and yo' ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby...don't you cry
One of these mornin's...you gonna rise up singin'
Yes you spread your wings...and you'll take to the sky
But 'till that mornin'...there is nothin' can harm you
With Dad and Mummy...standin' by
(instrumental break)
Summertime....and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'...and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich...and yo' mama's good-lookin'
So hush little baby...baby don't...you cry
Summertime....
Ah said it's summertime

Fish are jumpin'...and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich...and yo' ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby...don't you cry
One of these mornin's...you gonna rise up singin'
Yes you spread your wings...and you'll take to the sky
But 'till that mornin'...there is nothin' can harm you
With Dad and Mummy...standin' by
(instrumental break)
Summertime....and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'...and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich...and yo' mama's good-lookin'
So hush little baby...baby don't...you cry
Summertime....
Ah said it's summertime
