Hot House Ball Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

We've lived around here most all of our lives 

Did most anything we wanted to do 

We will celebrate every 4th of July 

Just a little tamer than most of the rest of us do 

Well don't light a match and don't play with fire 

Pull down easy on the gas lighter 

There's a shelter down at the veteran's hall 

Living in the shadow of the hot house ball 

We can dance in the streets any night or day 

The big ball men built such a nice old park 

One day we'll celebrate every halloween 

Our faces as masks everyone glow in the dark 

Well don't light a match, don't play with fire 

Step real lightly round the barb wire 

Keep the noise down to hear the meltdown call 

Living in the shadow of the hot house ball 

Temper's hot, better pray for rain 

Better watch out now for the Gamma rays 

It's party time at the government gate 

Hey, don't light a match, don't play with fire 

Pull down easy on the gas lighter 

There's a shelter down at the veteran's hall 

Living in the shadow of the hot house ball