Labor Day has arrived, and the symbolic "end of the summer season" is present in our psyches inducing memories past and present. Enter Sondheim.
The girls of summer get burned They start the summer unconcerned They get undone by a touch of sun in June Plus a touch of the moon The girls of summer get fooled 'cause soon the summer heat has cooled And come September they can't remember why Things were hot in July Not me It's too easy to fall The moonlit sand, a faraway band, and that's all Not me I don't easily thrill - Never did, never will The end of summer's at hand I thought the summer was grand And here I am with the same undamaged heart That I had at the start The girls of summer forgot to run The girls of summer were bound to lose The girls of summer have all the fun ...I have nothin' but blues.
-lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
For a performance of Dawn Upshaw singing Sondheim's "The Girls of Summer" go to Youtube and search:
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