99 Degrees Lyrics - Singles - Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes

99 Degrees 

(J. Lyon/M. Noble/K. Reid) 

She blew in like a hurricane 

From some crazy Texas town 

Rattled all the windows 

And tore my playhouse down 

I had a day job selling sneakers 

From some shoebox on the street 

She blew out all my speakers 

And she charged me for the heat 

Love and trouble 

Now I've got 'em both in spades 

Yet I ask for a bubble 

99 degrees in the shade 

In the shade 

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Say, I was linin' in a trailer park 

And workin' in a bar 

She said she knew astronomy 

And she'd like to read my stars 

Well, she could've been my astro twin 

The moon lay over me 

Scorpio was risin' so we jumped right into bed 

Stars were fallin' 

As the desert shadows played 

Prairie dogs were calling 

99 degrees in the shade 

99 baby 

She said, "Uh, honey, you know I usually get paid, 

But forget the money 

99 degrees in the shade" 

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I asked her would she stay 

She said she was on the run 

Some problem down in Mexico 

A body and a gun 

Her silver blue electraglide beckoned from the streets 

For a moment I considered it 

But I knew I couldn't take the heat 

We said our good-byes 

And I watched the taillight fade 

Mercury was on the rise 

99 degrees in the shade 

Ah, in the shade, yea 

99 and a half, baby 

Well, it just won't do 

I've got to have a hundred 

Ah, yea, so hot, so hot, so damn hot