Baton Rouge - Hotter Than Hell lyrics

Woke up in the city, wiped the night from my shoes Spent time in the neon, where a soul can get abused Preacher man screamin' on the street almost everyday And a woman steals an innocent in a crossfire serenade Sleep can keep this messed-up world shut out Only so long, what we gonna do? Swim up a river, the current pulls you down No rest for the hopeless when the ship starts hittin' ground The poison is the hustle, the whips about to crack Get so high to gypsy moon ain't never gonna come back, no, yeah The sun can rise in the mornin', that's true But it's one dark afternoon, angel, ooh... Sentenced to the fire, hear the mission bell The world is gettin' hotter than hell Spinnin' in a circle, wishin' in a well The devil's gettin' smarter And the world is gettin' hotter than hell Gettin' hotter than hell A hero on the TV falls before the crowd Starve without a reason, cry without a sound Beverly Hills to Harlem, I wonder, I wonder who's the guide And the face of ancient stories swims against the tide Monkey in the middle still laughin' at us all, and we slide Sentenced to the fire, hear the mission bell The world is gettin' hotter than hell Spinnin' in a circle, wishin' in a well The devil's gettin' smarter And the world is gettin' hotter Pray for the sinner and suffer the fool There's a tale of the dark Where carnival lights wipe the stars from the sky And it's your fault and mine That the pages of time draw the blank Draw the blank Sentenced to the fire, hear the mission bell The world is gettin' hotter than hell Spinnin' in a circle, wishin' in a well The devil's gettin' smarter And the world is gettin' hotter than hell Hotter than hell