in the hot hot rays

heat, like a dead weight, still coverin' the street outside, so heavy that the dogs can't hide, in the hot, hot rays, out on the sidewalk, it's a river where the children go, out enjoying the arctic show, in the hot, hot rays, in the hot, hot rays, in the hot rays i get old, i could never know what the dead man sees, i could never know what the deaf man hears, or know what the dead man fears, even if you were incomplete, brother let it go, and i'll find my way, if you want to know indian summer, i will make it back here to you somehow, what have you ever thought, underneath the fire, i try to play god, do my best to keep the heat at bay, maybe that would make you want to stay, in the hot, hot rays, in the hot, hot rays, in the hot, hot rays