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Ginger In The Summer

by Anxiety Club

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A high-energy, tongue-in-cheek ode to the New Zealand summer, 'Ginger In The Summer' is the sunshine anthem you've been waiting for.

Across a sunburnt, hazy tale of a carefree, but ultimately doomed,
romance, Anxiety Club affectionately mine a plethora of Kiwi cultural
touchstones from Don McGlashan to Annie Crummer, Hi-Ace vans, pohutukawa trees and RSAs.

On a serious note, New Zealand has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Proceeds from the song will go to the New Zealand Cancer Society.

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lyrics

She fell in love with a ginger in the summer
She fell in love with a man
She fell in love with a ginger in the summer
And the man won’t tan

He had a job as a heavy metal drummer
He played the drums in a band
But they made love to the songs of Annie Crummer
In the back of his Hi-Ace van

She said to him “you know I’ll never want another”
He said “I feel the same
Cos it ain’t easy for a ginger in the summer
And darling I’m just glad you stayed”

The days were short and the nights were full of passion
Their love was wild and free
Soon they were married to a song by Don McGlashan
Underneath pohutakawa trees

She won’t walk even though she wants to
She won’t cry even though she can
She won’t go even though she has to
She’s drying up like a seed on the side of the road
As his life floats by on a river of light below

She said to him "you know my friends are all young mothers"
He said "I can’t I’m going all the way"
But eight years later he was playing 80s covers
By the pokies in an RSA

One Autumn morning as the sun blew in the window
He woke to find her gone
She’d left a letter lying on her scented pillow
And at the top it read ‘Dear John’

She wrote you know that we’re not getting any younger
But thank you for the show
Our love burned up like a ginger in the summer
Halfway down Dominion Road

Our love burned up like a ginger in the summer
Halfway down Dominion Road.

credits

released January 1, 2019
Written and produced by Anxiety Club
Recorded and mixed by James Goldsmith
Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork by Clayton Homer

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