Coney Island, Mid-July

She runs away
And I stand still
Just watching the way
A girl can fill
Up a heart like a stone
When she says leave me alone
The sun falls down
On the strand
On the fools and clowns
Like I know I am
Let the girl slip away
Like a wind off a wave

Times a-wasting
Here she says
Summer nights
On the edge of the city
Waving bye bye bye and smiling
Sweetly

Coney Island, mid-July
Tell my fortune
Tell me lies
It's a dollar a chance
To get the pretty girl and dance
And the whole world's hopping
On the tilt-a-whirl
Flash bulbs popping
Caught in mid-twirl
At the carnival tonight
Trade the darkness for some light

Times a-wasting
Here she says
Summer nights
On the edge of the city
Saying, darling, think of me
Sweetly

Do you want to dance?
Gotta take my hands
Do you want to dance
Gotta take my hands
Do you want to dance gotta take my hands
Gotta take some wine from my mouth
Do you want to stretch out on the sand
Get in my car and drive South
Do you want to know what it would be like
Do you want to come and find out
Do you want to dance
Do you want a chance
Do you want to dance?

Coney Island, mid-July
Send my angel
Down in disguise
Like a run through the rain
Like a wind off a wave
And the whole word's hopping
Like it sometimes does
Lights up the boardwalk
And the couples in love
Turn the darkness away
Turn the night to the day

Times a-wasting
Here she says
Summer nights
On the edge of the city
Waving bye bye bye to me
Sweetly
Sweetly