Hotter Than Hell

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