Lyrics to
Sticky Summer Weather

This version of Sticky Summer Weather was released by John Denver in 1970.

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Sticky summer weather always pains me. It’s like living beneath a blanket, I can’t breathe.
The days are like an oven, the nights forever. Nothing to do, not much else to see.
Then again, I can’t stand the thought of winter, ain’t got a fire, there’s nobody to keep me warm.
The night is gray, and my coffee tastes so bitter, my memories go raging like a storm.

Seems like twenty years ago it was springtime, the rain was sweet, the wind was cool and clean.
I had a girl, she was a lady I could talk to, now its almost like she’d never been.
I’ve been a long time looking for rainbows, trying to find a way to believe in tomorrow.

There was a time I think when I remember dreaming, there was a reason I can’t find it now.
As I recall, it almost made my life worth living. It must be hiding like the sun behind the clouds.
I’ve been a long time looking for rainbows, trying to find a way to believe in tomorrow.

Sticky summer weather always pains me. It’s like living beneath a blanket, I can’t breathe.
The days are like an oven, the nights forever. Nothing to do, not much else to see.
I’m spending a long time looking for rainbows.

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About Lyrics and Sticky Summer Weather by John Denver

The lyrics to Sticky Summer Weather are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Denver used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Sticky Summer Weather have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Denver and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sticky Summer Weather by John Denver. 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 Sticky Summer Weather" means the words set to the music of Sticky Summer Weather, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. 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 Sticky Summer Weather and the lyrics to Sticky Summer Weather are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sticky Summer Weather, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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