Fever's got me sweating and you know I'm burning Hey you, did you turn up the heat It's getting hotter and I'm growing weak Maybe it's because you're standing close to me I'm coming down with something feverishly I think my body's in shock It just don't know what to do I feel my temperature rising Past one hundred and two Fever, fever, fever, fever Fever, turning up the heat Fever, come on and get sick with me Gimme what you got 'cause you know it's getting hot Fever, I'm turning flush Fever, I'm burning up Fever's got me sweating and you know I'm burning up Fever's got this thing that I just can't shake I tried to sweat it out but it would not break My heart has taken all the heat that it can take Just let it burn me up for heaven's sake Hot to the touch To the nth degree Thermometer's reading About infinity Blow up the phone lines 'Cause I'm already at the red line Somebody call me up the New York Times This fever's gonna make the headlines Fever