Written by: John Mellencamp and Andrew York



Exotic cars scream down the sunset of dreams

On a hot sunny afternoon

I'm in a hot dog stand

With a strange love holding my hand

And we're both playin' it real cool



It's the summer of love

It's the summer of love, Baby

It's the summer of love

Leastways, I'm hopin' it is



So we talk about her favorite movie star or something

She says,