Cold Chillum

In the cool of the evening

When the sun sets the hill well red

Little children come home from play

As their mothers call them to bed

That’s when the ravers and the rockers

And the all-night dancers start to move

They’re headed out to the nighttime streets

They just want to make the music happen now

It takes them higher and higher and higher

They got one night to burn, they want to set it on fire

It takes them higher and higher and higher

They got a cold chillum, really want to fill it with fire

Lonely hearts at the window 

Think you’re going to stay home tonight

Feeling sorry for yourself 

Because someone didn’t treat you right

That’s when you hear the sound pressure

And you know the dance floor’s going to burn

So you head out past your gate

You want to live a loving situation now

It takes you higher and higher and higher

You got one life to live, you want to fill it with fire

It takes you higher and higher and higher

You got a cold chillum, you really want to fill it with fire

When I was finally home

I knew I was not alone

Something was burning

Deep within, within the fire

It was a messenger, or a monitor

Of our love, and our desires

Takes you higher

(reprise first verse)

It takes them higher and higher and higher

They got one night to burn, they want to set it on fire

It takes you higher and higher and higher 

You got one life to lead, you want to fill it with fire

It takes me higher and higher and higher

I got a little green stalk, I really want to set in on fire