The Heat Is On

Back in the golden years
 Soaking in ballroom tears
 Where all the dresses once had swayed
 Like when the private eye
 Was killed by the robber's wife
 Just when you thought he had 'em made
 
 Out in the line of fire
 Sinking in the mire
 Or laying in wait behind closed doors
 All clues that lead nowhere
 I would not try to compare
 No, none of my pain to yours
 Oh, maybe we'd be better off sayin' nothing
 Oh, maybe we'd be better off gagged and bound
 Something our oldest friends could tell us
 But now our friends are not around
 Mmh, now the heat is on
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 I saw the heralds come
 Sing out the starting guns
 All the women standing on broken heels
 Cadillacs of white
 Came out of the sky
 No one behind the driving wheels
 Arc'd in a perfect row
 Windshields all aglow
 Slowly driving the clouds apart
 There in the light of day
 I watched 'em drive away
 With an aching in my heart
 Oh, maybe we'd be better off sayin' nothing
 Oh, maybe we'd be better off gagged and bound
 Something our oldest friends could tell us
 But now our friends are not around
 Mmh, now the heat is on, ooh
 Something strange about
 The color of the air
 The way the sun shines
 In a nightmare
 Up at the heavens gate
 Standing in your way
 The things you want surrounded
 By all the things you hate
 Pine and wish for when
 The past comes back again
 But you don't really know
 How it was back then
 I know you like to think
 This world was made for you
 But any fool could see
 That never was true
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 Oh, maybe we'd be better off sayin' nothing
 Oh, maybe we'd be better off gagged and bound
 Something our oldest friends could tell us
 But now our friends are not around
 Mmh, now the heat is on, ooh