Lyrics

CHIPEWA SUMMER CAMP

Verse: The very first time that I left home, I was fightin' back the tears.
The bus driver rolled his eyes while Mama calmed my fears.
She reminded me to brush my teeth and always comb my hair.
And then she whispered, "Son, now don't forget to change your underwear."

And as we pulled out of the parking lot, I watched her wave good-bye,
With a laced white handkerchief, she wiped a tear from her eye. And I went to . . .


CHORUS: Chippewa Summer Camp, back in '62.
Little boys on the warpath, paddlin' the canoes.
Powwows with the tom-toms and bonfire barbecues.
And if I could, you know that I would go back there today,
When the only thing that mattered in the world was being a good Chipewa brave.


Verse: We had a chocolate ice cream rendezvous with the squaws across the lake.
A brown-eyed girl with a single-dip cone made me do a double take.
I finally got my courage up and introduced myself.
And just like that ice cream, my heart began to melt.

We walked down to the water, wrote our names in the sand.
And, oh what a thrill it was just holdin' Lisa's hand. Yah, it was . . .

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Bridge: Every now and then, I get myself a sugar cone of ice cream.
It takes me back to a hot summer night and Lisa holdin' hands with me. Yah, it was . . .


(Repeat CHORUS)