Friends say to take it easy
I won’t and they wonder why
I can’t give up that easy
Lay me down and die
Somewhere, it’s cool and shady
Cool days take the taste away
I met a widow lady
Couldn’t waste the day
That was my Indian summer
That was my Indian summer
She said she lost her husband
I told her I’d lost my wife
Those years together had been
The best of my whole life
Friends say we ought to marry
I smile and I shake my head
A wife will make you happy
Two will make you dead
That was my Indian summer
That was my Indian summer
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
She said she lost her husband
I told her I’d lost my wife
Those years together had been
The best of my whole life