Story Behind The Song
As a teen, I felt somewhat lacking in not having a boyfriend and not matching up to the glamour portrayed on the cover of glossy magazines, and maybe linked the two. The message I hope to convey in this song is that life's not the way it's portrayed in those magazines and movies, and many of us have to wait until much later in life to find fulfillment/love/true happiness, but when we do, it's very joyous!
Song Description
The song is structured around the seasons, relating them to the phases of one's life and success or otherwise in love realtionships. It starts in the springtime, with hope for finding love just round the corner, of the sort you find in movies and magazines. Then there's the disillusion when it doesn't happen like that, and finally, joy at finding true love later in life, when least expected, during the Indian summer of one's life. It's a message of hope that there is a good life and good love to be had beyond the age of 40!!
| Song Length |
2:37 |
Genre |
Pop - General, World - World Beat |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, Affable |
Subject |
Searching for Love, Seasons |
| Similar Artists |
Abba, The Carpenters |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Indian Summer
In the springtime, used to think I'd
Find love round every bend
Pretty sixteen, read the magazines,
Sit back and wonder when
I'd be like them.
Twenty-one and the start of summer,
But still no love affair,
Disillusioned, disappointed,
Thought love was everywhere,
It's so unfair:
Indian summer,
Oh how long I've had to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years have slipped away,
Indian summer,
How you take my breath away,
Indian summer,
How I've waited for this day,
Please say you'll stay.
Who'd have thought a chance encounter
Could ever lead to this?
So excited, so delighted,
It's all I ever wished,
How much I've missed:
Indian summer,
Oh how long I've had to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years have slipped away,
Indian summer,
How you take my breath away,
Indian summer,
How I've waited for this day,
Please say you'll stay.
In the springtime, used to think I'd
Find love round every bend
Pretty sixteen, read the magazines,
Sit back and wonder when,
If I'd known then:
Indian summer,
Oh how long I'd have to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years would slip away,
Indian summer,
How you'd take my breath away,
Indian summer,
I'd have waited for this day,
Please say you'll stay.
© Mandy Woods