my best friend came from the other side of town we followed our own rule and we loved to run around on those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights i was short and funny she was tall and lean we were the strangest pair of women that old town had ever seen on those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights we were feeling good we were feeling ok nothing but love on our minds i would go back now and do it all again those were the happiest times we cruised the boulevard in a fancy open car i never knew how she got it cause we never got that far on those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights wearing roses and lace purfume and jewels the crowded streets were boiling but we never lost our cool on those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights we were feeling good we were feeling ok nothing but love on our minds i would go back now and do it all again those were the happiest times now the in crowd was hot they was hanging down by the shore we d be at the arcade just trying to raise the score you d take johnny i ll take joe if we change midstream no one will ever know on those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights oh oh those long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights oh oh those long long hot summer nights those long hot summer nights