Song of the Week: The Custom Kings' "Boys of Summer"

I've loaded "Boys of Summer" on the audio player for this week (top right corner of the blog). I found this version of the song by the Custom Kings on one of the mp3 blogs I visit (sorry, I've forgotten which one).

I remember when Don Henley released this song way back in the 1980s. It's about a young woman in a beachside town. She had turned her attention from the singer, attracted by other men, summer tourists to her town. But the singer refused to give up on her.

Would you believe God himself sang a song like that 2,740 years before Helney ever walked into the recording studio? His people, the Israelites, had lost interest in him. They began to call on other gods for their needs and began to thank other gods for their blessings. Years ago I referenced the song in a sermon from Hosea that I entitled "After the Boys of Summer Are Gone." In Hosea 2:5-15 God says, "You are acting like a faithless wife toward me. But I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, and I will win you back to my side."

Lyrics:

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summers out of reach
Empty lake,
Empty streets
The sun goes down alone
Im drivin by your house
Though I know youre not home

But I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your
Sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you
Will still be strong after the boys of
Summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I dont understand whats happened
To our love,
But babe, Im gonna get you back
Im gonna show you what Im made of

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
I see you walkin real slow and youre smilin at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today
I saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said,
Don't look back, you can never look back.
I thought I knew what love was,
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you-
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and
Those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone