Hot Afternoon (Arizona Desert)

Arizona Desert, three in the afternoon

No place for me to be, twenty-eighth day of June

I see lizards crawling, some things that are not there

Sun is shining so damn hot. Lord, I can't breathe this air

I'm on my way from L.A., and back to Tennessee

I'm stranded in the desert, feels like the devil's got me

Convertible is slowing down, looks like a Cadillac

A redhead is driving, a blonde is sleeping in the back

A blonde's sleeping in the back

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon)

She throws me the keys, I put my guitar in the trunk

Would you like to drive? She said, "I'm about half drunk"

She handed me a can of beer, so cold it hurt my hand

Oasis in the desert, Lord, I've found the promised land

So I struck out down the highway with my big foot on the gas

My prayers have all been answered, now my bad luck's in the past

Looking at that redhead, I can see she ain't no slouch

And that blonde in the backseat, come on now and shut my mouth

Come on now and shut my mouth

Right down this hot rock silence, after a while

That's when I first noticed that redhead's wicked smile

Why don't you pull off the road, son? We'll find us a shade

Maybe when that scorching sun goes down, better time can be made

Well that's how I spend the afternoon, 28th day of June

You can bet that's not one I'll be forgetting soon

By the time the sun went down, me and the redhead wrote a book

When I looked around, Lord, the blonde was waking up

Hey, the blonde was waking up

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon) oh

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon) oh my God

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon)

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon)

(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon)