Lyrics to
Heat Wave

This version of Heat Wave was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1975.

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Whenever I’m with him
Something inside
Starts to burning
And I’m filled with desire
Could it be the devil in me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be

It’s like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from crying
It’s tearing me apart

Whenever he calls my name
Soft, low, sweet and plain
I feel, yeah yeah
Well I feel that burning flame
Has high blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be

It’s like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from crying
It’s tearing me apart

Sometimes I stare into space
Tears all over my face
I can’t explain it
Don’t understand it
I hadn’t ever felt like this before
Now that funny feeling has me amazed
I Don’t know what to do
My head’s in a haze

It’s like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can’t keep from crying
It’s tearing me apart

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah oh oh (heat wave)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
oh (heat wave)

Don’t pass up this chance
This time it’s true romance
Heat wave
Heat wave
Heat wave
Oooh heat wave

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides Heat Wave. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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About Lyrics and Heat Wave by Linda Ronstadt

The lyrics to Heat Wave are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Linda Ronstadt in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Heat Wave are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Linda Ronstadt and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Heat Wave back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Heat Wave by Linda Ronstadt in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Heat Wave" means the words set to the music of Heat Wave, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Linda Ronstadt. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Heat Wave and the lyrics to Heat Wave are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Linda Ronstadt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Heat Wave, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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