Summer isn't the same without you it's a bitter old cliché but I miss your laughter at the start of spring and I miss your company at the end of day Summer isn't the same without you I miss your cunning claws as you bat me away as I teased you into striking my face red raw but smiling And the key to it all is the love that we seek but love it can fray it can come awry Summer isn't the same without you I hear you singing in the corridor early morn whilst the rest of the house was asleep you brewed green tea and you scoured the garden for fallen chestnut wings Summer isn't the same without you I miss your short skirted dignity you put me in my place and that's exactly where I needed to be And the key to it all is the love that we seek but love it can fray it can come awry And is life about to get complicated one more time? Girl you wipe your bonny eyes girl you keep your strength you're laughing through the tears and now I love you more than ever The magpie chased our speckled cat off the wall and I called for revenge you threw a rock you dislodged its nest and summer isn't the same without you And the key to it all is the love that we seek but love it can fray it can come awry And the key to it all is the love that we seek but love it can fray it can come awry And is life about to get complicated one last time?