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Animal Collective's
Summertime Clothes
Album Merriweather Post Pavilion
Released January 6, 2009
Length 4:30
Label Domino
Producer Ben Allen
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Also Frightened
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Summertime Clothes
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Daily Routine

Lyrics[]

Sweet summer night and I'm stripped to my sheets
Forehead is leaking, my AC squeaks
And a voice from the clock says, "You're not gonna get tired"
My bed is a pool and the wall's on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
Chills on my neck and it makes me smile
But my bones have to move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down your stairs to the heated street
And the sun has left us with slippery feet


And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And be here with you, we're goin'


It doesn't really matter, I'll go where you feel
Hunt for the breeze, get a midnight meal
I point in the windows, you point out the parks
Rip off your sleeves and I'll ditch my socks
We'll dance to the songs from the cars as they pass
Weave through the cardboard, smell that trash
Walking around in our summertime clothes,
Nowhere to go while our bodies glow
And we'll greet the dawn in its morning blues
With purple yawn, you'll be sleeping soon


And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you


When the sun goes down, we'll go out again
Don't cool off, I like your warmth


Let's leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when it wets my brain
It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen
Kissing the wind through my window screen
The restlessness calls us, that I cannot hide
So much on my mind that it spills outside
Do you want to go stroll down the financial street?
Our clothes might get soaked, but the buildings sleep
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we end up at an easy pace


And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
I want to walk around with you
Just you, just you, just you

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