Alley cat's crying out the back door
Moisture is collecting on the leaves
Old widow Johnson is waiting by the window
She never likes to give before she receives
I hear that in Moscow they're freezing
Crops are dying in the fields
But out here everybody wishes they were naked
These rags can't hide what they don't want to conceal
I wish someone would turn down the heat
I wish someone would turn down the heat
If you're listening up above in the holy name of love
I wish someone would turn down the heat
I wish I went down on the Titanic
To die amidst the ice and the cold
I wish I went down on anything
That wasn't burning right down through my soul
My baby fell asleep on the couch again last night
Face down in a pool of lemonade
So I took a walk down by the old graveyard
To find a friend who just loves the shade