Story Behind The Song
It was really damn hot in Washington D.C. (where I'm from) right at the very beginning of June. And it was that really disgusting, nasty, D.C. kind of this-city-is-built-on-a-swamp heat. It was disgusting, and it was pissing me off. So naturally, I wrote
Song Description
The title is pretty self-explanatory.
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Annoyed, Heated |
Subject |
Coffee, Tea, Island |
| Similar Artists |
Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
A hot summer day in a city that's founded on greed and lust
A hot summer day before the summer descends on us
A hot summer day, please tell us to go and jump in the lake
A hot summer day, everybody is really starting to bake
CHORUS
It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk or maybe in my brain and
It's hot enough to send the devil straight back to hell on the very next train and
It's hot enough to soak your shirt in sweat ten seconds after stepping outside and
It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, well maybe I lied, but still!
A hot summer day and humid, yeah we stick to everything
A hot summer day, the air's so thick it gets hard to sing
A hot summer day, fuck the clowns, send in the ice cream men
A hot summer day, the stars won't come out 'til quarter past ten
CHORUS
Hot summer days
Hot summer days
Hot summer days
Hot summer days