Heatin' Up

(Steve Earle / Walter Carter)
Modern History, 1989

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Lyrics
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(GUITARS INTRO)

done eatin' already

where the man tellin' me the mercury's out of hand

heat wave shimmies off a blacktop street

you better keep movin' or you'll burn your feet

 

somethin' 'bout the sun when it's beatin' down

makes a young man's head start spinnin' around

the old man smiles 'cause he knows this town's

heatin' up

heatin' up

 

the girls and guys on the drag downtown

radio up and the rag-top down

heatin' up

pool hall boys all drop their cues

runnin' outside cause they're feeling the dew

heatin' up

 

the sweat starts smokin' with little hot drops

from the cut-off jeans and the halter tops

it's startin' now and it ain't gonna stop

heatin' up

heatin' up

(here we go)

(HARP & NATIONAL STEEL SOLO)

 

(ha, lower, ha ha ha ha)

sun is sinkin' but it's too late now

the juke-joint crowd just can't cool down

heatin' up

the dance floor's shaking from the heavy beat

steam cloud rising from the potter's wheel

heatin' up

 

some are gonna love and some are gonna fight

as the hell fire burns through the summer night

and it all starts over in the mornin' light

heatin' up

heatin' up

heatin' up

heatin' up

(shhh! - yeah)

(NATIONAL STEEL LICK)

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Lyrics are copyright 19??, Steve Earle & Walter Carter

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Created 01 January 1998
Updated 01 January 1998


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