Rain won't pour No rainwater in the reservoir Cloudless sky Each year hotter than the one Before Can't hold out long One more summer and we may Be up and gone No mercy in July No mercy and the sun's on fire The mercury just keeps on climbin' No mercy in July Ain't one drop More rainwater in a soda pop Long hot nights Start sweatin' and ya just can't stop Start sweatin' and ya just can't stop No mercy in July No mercy and the sun's on fire The mercury just keeps on climbin' No mercy in July
If it don't rain and things don't change Gonna' go bust Four long years, nothin' but tears Fruitbowl's gatherin' dust Still no breeze It may jump another ten degrees Rain'd better come down Shade's no shelter on days like these Shade's no shelter on days like these No mercy in July No mercy and the sun's on fire Mercury just keeps on climbin' No mercy in July No mercy and the sun's on fire Mercury just keeps on climbin' No mercy in July No mercy in July, mmm No mercy in July…