Words and music by roger miller -as sung on andy williams-i like your kind of love -the best of the cadence years": varese sarabande vsd 5644 -peak billboard pop chart position # 64 in 1960-61 as " you don't want my love" -writer miller's version hit #14 on the country chart in 1960 In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green And the redbird sings, i'll be blue 'cause you don't want my love "some other time", that's whatcha say when i want you Then you laugh at me and make me cry 'cause you don't want my love You don't seem to care a thing about me You'd rather live without me Than to have my arms around you When the nights are cold and you're so all alone (all alone) In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green And the redbird sings, i'll be blue 'cause you don't want my love
And walk with me but now you don't 'cause you don't want my love Some other guy is takin' up all your time Now ya don't have any time for me 'cause you don't want my love You don't seem to care a thing about me You'd rather live without me Than to have my arms around you When the nights are cold and you're so all alone (all alone) In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green And the redbird sings, i'll be blue 'cause you don't want my love In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green And the redbird sings, i'll be blue 'cause you don't want my love (in summertime, in summertime when all the leaves are green) In the summertime, i'll be blue all the time 'cause you don't want my love Transcribed by robin hood