Hot Damn But You've Got It Going On
Liner notes
I have a certain contrarian streak. Once I realised that I was writing Heroic Women songs (in part) as a reaction against songs about women who are only interesting because they're hot, I immediately needed to write a song about a woman who's only interesting because she's hot. In slight mitigation, it is mainly about men being ridiculous rather than a catalogue of hotness. It also serves as a homework song for the songwriting circle; this month's prompt is 'summer'. This feels very pub-rock, somehow. I am not proud of it, but it is annoyingly catchy.Fifteen hundred heartbreaks lying in the shade
As you saunter down the esplanade
Seven shades of crazy but you argue otherwise
A dozen different dramas with a dozen different guys
What now? I'm going to give you one guess
Whoa, mama! Put the aircon on
Hell yes! You're a stunner in a sundress
Hot damn! But you've got it going on
You stroll through the stares of the lecherous lads
Distracted drivers and downtrodden dads
A headstrong hedonist on high alert
In your dreams, pal, you'll only get hurt
What now? I'm going to give you one guess
Whoa, mama! Put the aircon on
Hell yes! You're a stunner in a sundress
Hot damn! But you've got it going on
Nigel's had enough of you and too much Newky Brown
Ninety knights in armour move him on and calm him down
One of them asks you for a number he can call
You say you don't owe anything to anyone at all
What now? I'm going to give you one guess
Whoa, mama! Put the aircon on
Hell yes! You're a stunner in a sundress
Hot damn! But you've got it going on
What now? I'm going to give you one guess
Whoa, mama! Put the aircon on
Hell yes! You're a stunner in a sundress
Hot damn! But you've got it going on