By Michael Jay, Alan Roy Scott, Roy Freeland



In the time before the twilight

Settles on the world

Woah, you can feel the magic

Dreamin' of someone to hold tight

One more lonely girl

Woah, goes on automatic



Everywhere across the land

In front of their mirrors with combs in their hands

They prepare to make a stand

Lover to lover, woman to man (Livin' for the...)



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Sidewalk hot summer nights

Radio 'bout to blow

Small talk under the lights

Feel the heat, wild and sweet

Hot summer nights



Sitting out upon the front steps

Bursting at the seams

Woah, driven by desire

City boy stares at the sunset

Dreaming desperate dreams

Woah, where there's smoke there's fire



And some believe that love is won

And some of them go like they're under the gun

In between what's already done

And the promise the feel in the evening to come (Livin' for the...)



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Oh, oh hot summer nights

Oh, oh hot summer nights



In the end two hearts will meet

And maybe they'll find whatever they seek

If they can, they'll learn how to keep

The faith that they found in the sound of the beat (Out for those...)



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