Don't Sleep In The Summertime

Don't Sleep In The Summertime

I don't sleep in the summer time, hey!
Only if you give me sleeping pills
And if no pills, Kamarera, give me a beer!1
I drink in honor of the sun because I missed it
And it drinks in my honor, too,
because we burn in the same way

I hibernated like a bear the whole winter
I move my residence to Constanţa,
summer finally arrived2
In the morning I have a hangover,
I fill the cup with Sana3
A weekend in Mamaia4
is like a whole season in Varna5

My brothers! Moldova, Ardeal and Bucharest6
With a little money or a lot,
everybody is in Costineşti to party7
Raise the glass up now, because I like to pour
Yeah, it’s not about something else,
but in summer I do not…

Chorus (2X)
I don't sleep in the summer time
Don't sleep in the summer time
I can't sleep, I can't sleep
The dawns of day catch me
As I walk on the beach
Because I don't sleep in the summer time

I don’t sleep in the summer time, hey!
And I have no guilt
That in the summer my eyes are sensitive to light
Sensitive, I see the godfather,
I bet that he is combining
Mister Controller, so take from here for a savarin8

Ah, I'm going to the sea
With my cap turned on my head
and with sneakers on my feet
In my bag I have two rugs
near the money for the accommodations
I don't need a compass
because I let myself be guided by the sun

And I swear that I would go to sleep
on a lounge chair to play my movie9
But tell me how am I supposed to sleep
when behind me is the whole gang
who are yelling “Rappin' On!”10

Chorus (2X)

I don't sleep in the summer time, no, no, no
Don't sleep in the summer time
I can't sleep, no, no, no, I can't sleep
The dawns catches me
As I walk on the beach
Because I don't sleep in the summer time (4X)

• 1. Kamarera – Nick Kamarera, co-founder of Rappin’ On Productions.
• 2. Constanţa is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea.
• 3. Sana – a cultured milk, perhaps like buttermilk, used here to relieve a hangover.
• 4. Mamaia is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Constanţa, a resort area.
• 5. Varna, Bulgaria is a seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
• 6. Moldova and Ardeal are regions of Romania and Bucharest is the capital
• 7. Costineşti is a city-resort in Constanţa county, located on shore of the Black Sea.
• 8. Savarin - a rich yeast cake baked in a ring mold and soaked in a rum or kirsch syrup.
• 9. play my movie – meaning his dream while asleep
• 10. Rappin’ On – Connect-R’s production company formed with Chris Mayer & Nick Kamarera.