What a hot and sultry summer,
The steam just slides up off them streets
You gotta stay inside and wait for the night,
And then come on over and see me
There´s a poetry about these streets,
It just slips from your skin and goes right underneath
And mama always knew I´d meet a girl like you,
But me, I never believed

Cause I´ve been so lonely I can´t imagine that kind of sympathy [x2]

Where´d you get them scars?
How blue is your heart?
Is it sad enough to break?
She said, "it´s sad enough to break"
How long was your life?
Was it cold and strange like mine?
Are you man enough to lay here?
She said, "I´m man enough my baby, come see about me"

I had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form
And I met you between the wax and the needle,
In the words of my favorite song
Your black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach
Your backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief
And I´ve been so low down, I´m almost level with the ground

Where´d you get them scars?
How blue is your heart?
Is it sad enough to break?
She said, "it´s sad enough to break"
How long was your life?
Was it cold and strange like mine?
Are you man enough to lay here?
She said, "I´m man enough my baby, come see about me"

Did they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride?
Me, I got caught up with the fortune tellers
And the ladies with the sleepy eyes
It took years my baby just to come clean,
Every streetlight a reminder
And all those apologies
And the night was lonely next to me
Even the night was lonely next to me

Where´d you get them scars?
How blue is your heart?
Is it sad enough to break?
She said, "it´s sad enough to break"
How long was your life?
Was it cold and strange like mine?
Are you man enough to lay here?
She said, "I´m man enough my baby, come see about me"
Come see about me, ah-ah
Come see about me,
Come see about me,
Come see about me, ah-ah
Come see about me, ah-ah
Whenever you´re lonely