Lyrics Iris DeMent

Iris DeMent

Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart

Well, I've heard them say there's one for everybody

And I just knew somehow that you'd be the one for me

'Cause making love with you's not just a hobby

No, it's the flame that burnt the forest down in me

And darling was it day or was it nighttime

Were them whippoorwills a-moaning through the trees,

Through the trees

I don't remember just what you said

But ooh, right from the start

You made me hotter than Mojave in my heart

Well baby, I could stay this way forever

Just passing time at ninety-nine degrees

'Cause loving you's my favorite kind of weather

Oh, forever let the flame burn down in me

And I'll not prepare my heart for the change of season

And I'll whip old Winter Wind there if she blows, if she blows

Well, God bless the day that you came along

And you tipped my apple cart

And you made me hotter than Mojave in my heart

And I'll not prepare my heart for the change of season

And I'm a-gonna whip old Winter Wind there if she blows, if she blows

Well, God bless the day that you came along

And you tipped my apple cart

You made me hotter than Mojave in my heart

Now it's hotter than Mojave in my heart