Long Hot Summer (Frey/Tempchin/Wolinski) Lord, I ain't 't never seen weather like this It's a hundred and ten in the shade It feels like the devil moved here himself To see the trouble he made Everybody's 'bout to go insane, they're crazy from the heat Nobody wants to go outside, there's danger in the street Chorus: It's gonna be a long, hot summer People dream of leavin' town Get ready for a long, hot summer Feel the hammer comin' down, comin' down You see the heat comin' up from the sidewalk you can feel the temperature rise All I see is a blazin' sun Burning a hole in the sky I never thought that it could be like this 24 hours a day It's too hot to sleep, we're in trouble so deep And you know there's no running away It's gonna be a long, hot summer This place is like a burning hell Get ready for a long, hot summer There ain't no water in the well It's a long, hot summer A lot of sweat and misery It's a long hot summer It's killin' you and killin' me So you scream and shout, but there's no way out You just live with a lock on your door There's a fire in the sky and the earth is so dry Like a cracking ground you can't take anymore It's three o'clock in the morning (don't do it) You wait for the sirens to moan (don't do it) You stare at the trigger, but somehow you figure You don don't feel like dying alone (don't do it) The mean streets are gettin' meaner, everybody's got a gun This ain't no city, it's a nightmare darlin' We're all dying in the sun It's gonna be a long, hot summer People dream of leavin' town Get ready for a long, hot summer Feel the hammer comin' down It's a long, hot summer Haven't seen a drop of rain Nothin's gonna kill the pain.