The Summer of ’42 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - “The Summer of ‘42”
[Vocals/Written By/Producer: Gil Scott-Heron]
[Producer/Keyboards/Vocals/Written By: Brian Jackson]
[Producer: The Midnight Band]
[Vocals/Bells/Tambourine: Victor Brown]
[Bass Guitar: Danny Bowens]
[Congas: Eddie Knowles]
[Congas/Chinese Drum: Charlie Saunders]
[Congas/Shaker/Djembe: Barnett Williams]
[Drums: Bob Adams]
[Harmonica/Flute/Saxophone: Bilal Sunni-Ali]

[Chorus: Gil Scott-Heron and Victor Brown]
Gotta move on, I gotta see tomorrow
Gotta move on, gotta get ahead
I can’t look back, there’s nothing there but sorrows
Gotta move on and get ahead
Gotta move on, I gotta see tomorrow
Gotta move on, gotta get ahead
I can’t look back, there’s nothing there but sorrows
Gotta move on and get ahead

[Verse 1: Gil Scott-Heron and Victor Brown]
Now it’s the end of air that you breathe
It should become very clean, clean
Well, I guess I’ll scream. Likewise
The rivers, you’ll never be far from rivers
Great lakes and streams. [?] is walking on the water
It seems like you wish it
That could you undo, but there ain’t no way to undo it
Everything that’s happened to you
Since the Summer of ’42
But there ain’t no way, ain’t no way, ain’t no way, man
What you gonna [?]
You can leave if you want to, but I, I’m
After, yes, I keep on thinking, I keep on thinking like