Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
She moves the street way
A hitched up skirt, a symptom of the heatwave
She lets go lowgrade
We can stay closed 'til 4am the next day
If it's for 5 years
I get a fantasy breeding babies in my nightmares
(My nightmares)
If she goes the street way
I get a peepshow free and a pressure drop to get laid
If you're asking, well
I've just started on my breakdown
If you need to know
I've just started on my breakdown
She moves the street way
A pretty sweet blonde, an illusion of the heatwave
I see her legs and shoulders
And picture myself as a missionary soldier
She kicks my mouth shut
Make me go down, take a pleasure pill, just throw up
Goin' down, down, down
He moves the street way
Anything goes to release me from the heatwave
Release me from the heatwave
If you're asking, well
I've just started on my breakdown
If you need to know
I've just started on my breakdown
Release me from the heatwave
From the heatwave
A pretty sweet blonde, an illusion of the heatwave
A hitched up skirt, a symptom of the heatwave
She lets go lowgrade
We can stay closed 'til 4am the next day
If it's for 5 years
I get a fantasy breeding babies in my nightmares
(My nightmares)
If she goes the street way
I get a peepshow free and a pressure drop to get laid
If you're asking, well
I've just started on my breakdown
If you need to know
I've just started on my breakdown
She moves the street way
A pretty sweet blonde, an illusion of the heatwave
I see her legs and shoulders
And picture myself as a missionary soldier
She kicks my mouth shut
Make me go down, take a pleasure pill, just throw up
Goin' down, down, down
He moves the street way
Anything goes to release me from the heatwave
Release me from the heatwave
If you're asking, well
I've just started on my breakdown
If you need to know
I've just started on my breakdown
Release me from the heatwave
From the heatwave
A pretty sweet blonde, an illusion of the heatwave
Lyrics submitted by plasticwonder
Heatwave Lyrics as written by Chris Corner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I just picture "she goes the street way" as somebody watching their blonde lover walk past their window on the street below through the (literal) heat haze, with the state of extreme lust also being the metaphorical heatwave.