[Verse 1]
Ventolin and Vivarin and Primatene
Secret tequila shots and a patch of morphine
In the morning and in the throes
What a great day to come out of a coma

[Chorus]
I've been in the hot seat sweating it out
Oh, sweating it out
Sweating it out
Sweating it out

[Verse 2]
I touch the telephone it falls away
I think they call it empathy
But not this way
I put my lips on the soundhole
My tongue is finally warming
But my brain is charcoal

[Chorus]
I've been in the hot seat sweating it out
Oh, sweating it out
Sweating it out
Sweating it out
[Bridge]
Not much later, fall out of favor
Pretty soon I know I'll do
Precisely what I wanted not to do

[Verse 3]
Maybe I slipped up and learned a lesson
To work my proclivity towards second-guessing
I was too naive and enthusiastic
To keep my trap shut
And my monkey in a motherfuckin' basket

[Chorus]
I've been in the hot seat sweating it out
Oh, sweating it out
Sweating it out
Sweating it out