You stitch me up good, and you cut me down
So I string you up to keep you hanging around
You dish the hot stuff up but you keep me waiting
So I'll play it dirty until your body is breaking

We've got to make love, the time is right
We've got to make love tonight
Because we're burning up

You make me greedy, you won't feed me my food
But I'll make out easy, because I see straight through you
You cool me off and hot me up and that's not right
Because you'll get hungry in the heat of the night

And then we'll make love, just when it's right
And when we make love tonight
We'll be burning up

I know you feel the same
I know you feel the flame
Staring deep inside of you
Burning you up, breaking you down
Breaking you out in a cold sweat
And as you lose control, of your very soul
Your desire takes over
You'll feel the heat sway
You're round to my way
And suddenly you'll know that you're burning up
You stitch me up good, and you cut me down
So I string you up to keep you hanging around
You dish the hot stuff up but you keep me waiting
So I'll play it dirty until your body is breaking

We've got to make love, the time is right
We've got to make love tonight
Because we're burning up
We're burning up


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Burnin' Up Lyrics as written by Kenneth Downing Glenn Raymond Tipton

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    Pretty much straight up lust here. Nothing fancy.

    RushAsson February 08, 2011   Link

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