early in the evening with the sun set low calling everybody everybody i know theres gonna be some time with the bright moon shine jimmy loves a girl hes gonna ask her to go down underneath the stars saying hurry its gonna be alright whatcha gonna do on a summer summer night you and me well build a fire on the beach ill bring the songs you bring the whisky down to the river where the river runs free well love it if we let ourselves go and we wont come home until the morning glows so let your colours show well love it if we let ourselves go ive got an old guitar im gonna pass it around jimmys gonna sing about a dirty old town with that girl in his eye and hope it makes her smile and we can dream a little in the middle of the sweet sound of the melody were making when the sun is going down in the twilight whatcha gonna do on a summer summer night so dont be shy let the stars collide were all the same in the firelight these days are so few i know its true i only get so many summer summer nights with you