Self-explanatory pollution in the atmosphere meets slow news over the summer lyric. Contains some good lines:
_ SUMMER SMOG SENSATION _
(To the Tune of “Summer In The City”)
VERSE 1
Ozone, summer in the city,
Ghastly poison fumes make asthmatics feel shitty;
No air, isn’t it a pity,
Nobody can breath this summer in the city;
All around, pleurisies and asthmas,
Better off just smoking, better wear a gas mask.MIDDLE EIGHT
Go out in a London smog,
Asphyxiate your dog;
This weather story is a crashing bore,
Better spice it up with dead labradors,
And pugs – then folk are sympathetic,
They’re mugs – cos the news is pathetic,
In the summer in the city,
What a bummer of a ditty.VERSE 2
Hot stuff, summer in the city,
Photojournalists snapping bums and titties;
Great shot, photograph ’em pretty,
Prowling round the parks this summer in the city;
All around, even at a bus stop,
Take the pictures quickly, before they cough their guts up.OUTRO
Our paper is quality,
Now only twenty pee;
Is this the Sun or the Time’s claim,
These Murdoch papers now are just the same,
They’re lame – like the News of the Screws,
Stay sane – watching our News Revue,
Cos it’s rummer and it’s witty,
Stop this number, do a skitty……..(Straight into a short sketch on smog or newspaper price wars).
Here is a great video of The Lovin’ Spoonful performing Summer In The City:
Below, same track again, with lyrics on the screen: