Released: September 16, 1975
Songwriter: Holland-Dozier-Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland Brian Holland
Producer: Peter Asher
Whenever I'm with him
Something inside
Starts to burning
And I'm filled with desire
Could it be a devil in me
Or is this the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Whenever he calls my name
Soft, low, sweet and plain
I feel, yeah, yeah
Well, I feel that burning flame
Has high blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Sometimes I stare into space
Tears all over my face
I can't explain it, don't understand it
I hadn't ever felt like this before
Now that funny feeling has me amazed
I don't know what to do, my head's in a haze
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah oh oh (heat wave)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh (heat wave)
(Don't pass up this chance)
(This time it's true romance)
(Heat wave)
(Heat wave)
(Heat wave)
Ooh (heat wave)
Something inside
Starts to burning
And I'm filled with desire
Could it be a devil in me
Or is this the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Whenever he calls my name
Soft, low, sweet and plain
I feel, yeah, yeah
Well, I feel that burning flame
Has high blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Sometimes I stare into space
Tears all over my face
I can't explain it, don't understand it
I hadn't ever felt like this before
Now that funny feeling has me amazed
I don't know what to do, my head's in a haze
It's like a heat wave
Burning in my heart
Can't keep from crying
It's tearing me apart
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah oh oh (heat wave)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh (heat wave)
(Don't pass up this chance)
(This time it's true romance)
(Heat wave)
(Heat wave)
(Heat wave)
Ooh (heat wave)
more tracks from the album
The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
- You’re No Good
- Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
- Hurt So Bad
- Love Is a Rose
- Long, Long Time
- Winter Light
- When Will I Be Loved
- It’s So Easy
- Blue Bayou
- Heat Wave
- Tracks of My Tears
- Different Drum
- Heart Like a Wheel
- All My Life
- Ooh Baby Baby
- That’ll Be the Day
- Adios
- Just One Look
- Back in the U.S.A.
- Don’t Know Much
From the albums
- Prisoner in Disguise (1975)
- The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt (2002)
- Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt (2015)
Linda Ronstadt popular songs
- Blue Bayou
- You’re No Good
- Don’t Know Much
- Willin’
- Tumbling Dice
- Somewhere Out There
- Long, Long Time
- When Will I Be Loved
- I Never Will Marry
- Por un amor
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- En Mi Soledad
- Icy Blue Heart
- You Can’t Treat the Wrong Man Right
- White Rhythm & Blues
- Just One Look
- My Hero
- La calandria
- Heartbreak Kind
- Walk On
- Cost of Love
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream
- Lightning Bar Blues
- Hey Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox