Scarlet Sting

(ooh) Hot day, bad idea

I said I’d just stay a minute

Now I’m cooked on every side

Shoulders like a warning label

I can’t even play it cool

Every shirt feels like sandpaper

Every step is way too loud

I look in the mirror and I gasp

Why am I this red?

I knew better, but I stayed

Now I’m paying for it

Sunburn, sunburn, it hurts so bad Cherry-red skin and I’m getting mad

Can’t touch, can’t move,

can’t even breathe Feels like fire living on me Sunburn,

sunburn, I learned too late Should’ve used shade,

should’ve played it safe Now I’m bright red,

head to toe I glow,

I glow, I glow (ah!) I glow,

I glow Aloe on the counter,

blessing But it stings before it heals Sleep is doing negotiations With

my sheets and how it feels

Text my friends, they’re at the water I’m a lobster on the

couch

I swear the air is too hot

Even inside

my room

If you see me,

don’t you hug me Give me space

to cool

Sunburn, sunburn, it hurts so bad Cherry-red skin and I’m getting mad

Can’t touch, can’t move,

can’t even breathe

Feels like fire

living on me Sunburn,

sunburn, I learned too late Should’ve used shade,

should’ve played it safe Now I’m bright red,

head to toe I glow,

I glow, I glow

I’m not trying to be dramatic

But I’m flaming in my skin

Next time I’ll bring a hat and cover up Let the summer

win

Sunburn, sunburn, it hurts so bad Cherry-red skin and I’m getting mad

Can’t touch, can’t move,

can’t even breathe

Feels like fire

living on me Sunburn,

sunburn, I learned too late Should’ve

used shade, should’ve played it safe Now I’m bright red,

head to toe I glow,

I glow, I glow (ooh) don’t touch me Next time… sunscreen