Canned Heat

Album: Synkronized (1999)
Charted: 4
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  • You don't know this boogie is for real

    I used to put my faith in worship
    But then my chance to get to Heaven slipped
    Oh, I used to worry about the future
    But then I throw my caution to the wind
    I have no reason to be care free (no, no, no)
    Until I took a trip to the other side of town (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    You know I heard that boogie rhythm, hey
    I had no choice but to get down, down, down, down

    Dance, woo, nothing left for me to do but dance
    Off these bad times I'm going through just dance
    Got canned heat in my heels tonight, baby, woo-oh

    I feel the thunder see the lightning
    I know this anger's heaven sent
    So I've got to hang out all my hang-ups
    'Cause of the boogie I feel so hell bent, hey, hey
    It's just an instant gut reaction, that I got
    I know I've never ever felt like this before
    I don't know what to do
    But then that's nothing new
    Stuck between hell and high water
    I need a cure to make it through, hey

    Dance, yeah, nothing left for me to do but dance
    Off these bad times I'm going through just dance, hey
    Got canned heat in my heals tonight, baby
    You know I got canned heat in my heels

    You know this boogie is for real

    Only the wind can know the answer
    And she cries to me when I'm asleep
    She says you know that you can go much faster
    I know that people's talk can be so cheap, hey, hey
    I've got this voodoo child in-veined on me
    I'm gonna use my power to ascend
    You know I've got these running heels to use
    Sometimes there's no way I lose
    I was born to run and built to last
    You'll never see my feet 'cause they move so fast

    Dance, yeah, hey, nothing left for me to do but dance
    Off these bad times I'm going through, just dance, hey
    Got canned heat in my heels, tonight, baby

    Dance
    Hey, DJ, let the music play (let the music play, yeah)
    I'm gonna live this party life (I wanna live this party life)
    Hey, DJ, throw my cares away (let the music play, yeah)
    I'm gonna live this party life (I wanna live this party life)
    Hey, DJ, let the music play (I wanna live this party life)
    I'm gonna live this party life (I wanna live this party life)
    Hey, DJ, throw my cares away (party life, party life)
    I'm gonna live this party life (I wanted, I wanted to go home)

    You know that this boogie is for real (dance)
    Got so much canned heat in my heels (dance)
    Gon' dance, gonna dance my blues away tonight (dance)
    You know, you know this boogie, this boogie is for real (dance)
    Got so much canned heat, canned heat in my heels (dance)
    You know, I'm gonna dance my blues away tonight (dance) Writer/s: Derrick McKenzie, Jason Kay, Simon Katz, Sola Akingbola, Toby Smith, Wallis Buchanan
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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