Lyrics to
Sweet Summer Lovin’

This version of Sweet Summer Lovin’ was released by Dolly Parton in 1979.

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Though the sun may be dawning
You’re the one that lights the morning
As I awake to the heaven
Of your sweet summer lovin’

By a stream in the country
Running barefoot and feeling free
While the love in our hearts blend
Into sweet summer lovin’

Sweet summer lovin’ in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin’ keeps me high as candy wine

When that big red balloon sets
Like a painting across the West
As the sky turns a crimson blue
As the world turns for me and you

By the light of the moon glowing
While the warm summer wind blows
‘Cross the sill of your window
We’ll be letting our love flow

Sweet summer lovin’ in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin’ keeps me high as candy wine

Sweet summer lovin’ in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin’ keeps me high as candy wine

Sweet summer lovin’
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Sweet summer lovin’
I love your sweet summer lovin’
Sweet summer lovin’
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Sweet summer lovin’
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Sweet summer lovin’

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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides Sweet Summer Lovin’. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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About Lyrics and Sweet Summer Lovin’ by Dolly Parton

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sweet Summer Lovin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Dolly Parton. Some of the lyrics to Sweet Summer Lovin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Dolly Parton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Sweet Summer Lovin’ if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Sweet Summer Lovin’" means the words set to the music of Sweet Summer Lovin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Sweet Summer Lovin’ and the lyrics to Sweet Summer Lovin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sweet Summer Lovin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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