Lyrics to
Indian Summer

This version of Indian Summer was released by The Doors in 1970.

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I love you, the best
Better than all the rest
I love you, the best
Better than all the rest
That I meet in the summer
Indian summer
That I meet in the summer
Indian summer
I love you, the best
Better than all the rest

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About Lyrics and Indian Summer by The Doors

The lyrics for Indian Summer are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by The Doors. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Indian Summer have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Indian Summer - The Doors and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Indian Summer by The Doors in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Indian Summer" means the words set to the music of Indian Summer, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Indian Summer and the lyrics to Indian Summer are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to Indian Summer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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