Cold beer on a Friday night A pair of jeans that fit just right And the radio up Well I've seen the sunrise See the love in my woman's eyes Feel the touch of a precious child And know a mother's love You know I like my chicken fried Well I was raised up

It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer It is where we are And can you feel the love tonight (tonight)? It's enough to make kings and vagabonds There's a calm surrender to the rush of day When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away An enchanted

Drifting beyond all time Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Out of a churning sky Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night No one dared to

Once in love you're never out of danger One hot night spent with a stranger All you wanted was somebody to hold on to yeah. Somebody somewhere In the heat of the night Looking pretty dangerous Running out of patience. Tonight in the city You won't find

I went out looking for love when I was seventeen Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me And in the heat of the night, saw things I'd never seen Oh, seventeen (Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen) And he said age is just a number, just like any other

It's just whiskey under the bridge Ain't no big deal I've been burned, I've been cheated But this old heart's still beating All those nights of drinking Finally got me thinking Heartache is just a waste of time There's not a heart that ain't been broken

Show you a side of these two lanes you've never seen Heating it up behind a high beam Ooh, baby you and me, just a-running down crazy Flying high, living careless, on the edge of wild and reckless Hold on tight, I'm 'bout to show you one hell of a night

I want to rock with you (all night) Rock the night away You gotta feel that heat And we can ride the boogie Share that beat of love Dance you into day (sunlight) Rock you into day (sunlight) Girl, close your eyes Let that rhythm get into you

Show you a side of these two lanes you've never seen Heating it up behind a high beam Ooh, baby you and me, just a-running down crazy Flying high, living careless, on the edge of wild and reckless Hold on tight, I'm 'bout to show you one hell of a night

Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) In the heat of the night You went and blackened my eyes Well now I'm back And I'm coming your way