We drowned our days in music
Snapping fingers on the front porch
Jazzing the heat with beach waves
The four of us joyriding                                    
Doo-whopping with the top down
It was our gospel            
            Our riff of salvation                            
                         Our syncopated heart             

My guy would wander over
At the end of the day
When he got off work
And the cool came out to play
My sweet temptation            
            My funky wonder                        
                        My untamed soul   

After the sun went home
And the kids toddled off to bed
We turned up the volume
On those moonlit smoky nights
Feasting on the rhythmic intoxications            
               Those mercy mercy miracles                        
                            Those streets just made for dancing