From the recording OPM & P-POP (Filipino/Tagalog Music)
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey Brittle, where’d you run away?
Under mango trees, we used to play.
Chasing dragonflies in the noon-time gold,
Your fur like sunlight I could hold.
[Chorus]
Oh Brittle, my summer girl,
My barefoot heart, my little world.
You taught me love before I knew the word,
And every bark was a song I heard.
[Verse 2]
Mama laughed when you stole her shoe,
You’d hide behind the bamboo too.
Papa said you looked imported--
“English spoh-keh-ning dog!” he shouted.
But here in our barrio sky,
You were home, you and I.
[Chorus 2]
Oh Brittle, my summer girl,
Where fireflies dance and rice fields swirl.
You’re the dream that never fades,
Even when the daylight trades.
[Bridge]
I called your name for three long nights,
By the farm road under pale street lights.
Maybe you found your wings to roam,
Maybe you just… found your way home.
[Chorus]
Brittle, my summer girl,
You’re still the laugh in this old world.
If love returns like waves to shore,
Then I’ll chase you--forever more.
[Outro]
La la la … Brittle my summer girl …