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

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