Oklahoma Heat

They're building up the turnpike right through the neighborhood We argue on the radio if our team is any good I left the house this morning I gave everyone a kiss She said babe I just don't think you should go out to work in this' Some spend their summer prayin' for relief I'm out here working in the Oklahoma heat Running everything on oil til it someday comes around And until it does we're all holding hands on shaky ground I been holding on so long it's getting hard to keep my grip I feel it when it's coming I feel it when it slips The first time I held her hand I felt the current running deep Since then I've been buzzin' on her Oklahoma heat Billboards advertising better jobs and better pay You'll seem em as you're heading on vacation out of state But we ain't goin nowhere til I get this thing paid off I made a deal with the devil I just liked the odds Clean up after the storm while planning for the next Scratch offs at the counter hoping for the best Working through my break so that I can get off early An hour to myself so I can nurse whatever's hurting I used to be a winner, I don't know how to do defeat I'm out here losing in this Oklahoma heat Last night her sister watched the kids so that we could catch a band But I sat down in the back so I could calm my shaking hands And on the way back home took the turnpike saving time I'll pay Caesar what is Caesar's someone pay me what is mine Maybe tomorrow will be different maybe I'll get some sleep So I can get a victory that Oklahoma heat"