I been desert hot down in Phoenix 
I been smoggy hot out in L.A. 
I been high & dry hot in Colorado
I been charred out on the Midwest Plains 
I been madhatter flattened by the heat in Manhattan 
I been muggy on the Mighty Miss 
I been burned like a stick on Route 66 
But I ain't never been this 

Hot'lanta, how come you do me this way
When you're 99 in the noonday sun 
And a hundred and one in the shade 
Hot'lanta, I think I prefer your nights 
With your cosmopolitan cafe women 
How they do go on and on 
Down in Hot'lanta 

In a fuselage in a crowded sky
I was trying very hard not to think
But in a paranoid vision of the worst that could happen 
I asked my stewardess "Just one more drink" 

The cabin temperature had me in a blur 
I was shaking by the time we touched down 
We hit that tarmac 
Hell bent for Mary Mac's
Back in your sizzlin' town 

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