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Indian Summer

from Free Spirited Like Me by Mandy Woods

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Although 'Indian Summer' is about having to wait years, even decades, to find true love, it was actually written by me in my twenties, and subsequently sung throughout my decade in Austin, to the point where I became a bit tired of it - especially as I hadn't even found my true love by then! I had also never managed to get a recording of it that I really liked. But very recently I've re-bonded with the song and decided to re-record it in a way that felt right to me now. The icing on the cake was when Lara Linette, who I used to sing with in Austin, offered to put her harmony on the new recording while she was in the UK in March 2023 finishing her own album. At last I have a version I love, and it felt appropriate to end the album on such a positive note!

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Indian Summer

In the springtime, used to think I’d
Find love round every bend,
Pretty sixteen, read the magazines,
Sit back and wonder when
I’d be like them.

Twenty-one and the start of summer,
But still no love affair,
Disillusioned, disappointed,
Thought love was everywhere,
It’s so unfair:

Indian summer,
Oh, how long I’ve had to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years have slipped away,
Indian summer,
How you take my breath away,
Indian summer,
How I’ve waited for this day,
Please say you’ll stay.

Who’d have thought a chance encounter
Could ever lead to this?
So excited, so delighted,
It’s all I ever wished,
How much I’ve missed:

Indian summer,
Oh, how long I’ve had to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years have slipped away,
Indian summer,
How you take my breath away,
Indian summer,
How I’ve waited for this day,
Please say you’ll stay.

In the springtime, used to think I’d
Find love round every bend,
Pretty sixteen, read the magazines,
Sit back and wonder when,
If I’d known then:

Indian summer,
Oh, how long I’d have to wait,
Indian summer,
How the years would slip away,
Indian summer,
How you’d take my breath away,
Indian summer,
I’d have waited for this day,
Please say you’ll stay.

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from Free Spirited Like Me, released August 30, 2023
Written and performed by Mandy Woods. Backing vocals by Lara Linette.

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Mandy Woods Glastonbury, UK

The transatlantic flavour of Mandy Woods’ songs reflects a decade spent in Austin, Texas. Now based in Somerset, she plays guitar and country blues harmonica and performs at venues around the UK. Mandy also writes songs about dachshunds, as WagsLyrical. ... more

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