Hot Tub

"Hot Tub"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Length	3:05
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	166
Status	Circulating
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
Buddy Holly (RC# 165) "Hot Tub" (RC# 166) "Port O' Jonas" (RC# 167)

"Hot Tub" is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 1993.

Appearances

• Performed live
• Released online
• Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)

Overview

"Chiba had a hot tub in the courtyard of her apartment complex in Palms." —Rivers Cuomo, 2020

Cuomo originally wrote "Hot Tub" around July of 1993. Cuomo is known to have written the song for singer Tom Jones. Said Karl Koch, "I think the bands then-manager somehow had a contact who knew Tom and Tom was looking for songs for his new album at the time. Obviously he did not end up using “Hot Tub”. It's also possible Rivers wrote it first and then found out about the Tom thing."^{[citation needed]} Cuomo's 1993 was circulated to fans by Cuomo in 2002 via the Rivers Correspondence Board.^{[citation needed]} This demo appeared again years later as part of the digital compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years in 2020.

Cuomo revived the song a few years later in November 1997 for his side-project, Homie. The song was performed at both of the live Homie concerts that month. "This is kind of a joke song," Cuomo told an audience at one concert, "so don't take it too seriously." These live versions of the song were altered to feature a wholly different bridge/outro section with new lyrics and a new guitar solo.

Live performances

• Homie concert: 11/05/1997
• Homie concert: 11/21/1997

Lyrics

You may not be the one for me
But, baby, you’re a lot of fun
Let me come to your house, my dear
Drink champagne and smoke a bowl

I wanna get in your hot tub, baby
I wanna get in you now
So get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
Or I’m gonna put you down

Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool
To the voodoo doll that is me
Take the pins out of his butt
Maybe even give him a treat

Wanna get in your hot tub, baby
Wanna get in you now
So get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
Or I’m gonna put you down

Sometimes I’m so disappointed
I can’t be more of a man
Sometimes my life feels so empty
Not letting love play her hand
Sometimes I’m so disillusioned
Are my relationships fake?
I admit this is a problem
To be solved another day
To be solved another day

I wanna get in your hot tub, baby
I wanna get in you now
Get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
I’m gonna put you down

Sometimes I’m so disappointed
I can’t be more of a man
Sometimes my life feels so empty
Not letting love play her hand
Sometimes I’m so disillusioned
Are my relationships fake?
I admit this is a problem
To be solved another day
To be solved another day

You may not be the one for me
But baby, you’re a lot of fun
Let me come to your house, my dear
Drink champagne and smoke a bowl

I wanna get in your hot tub, baby
I wanna get in you now
So get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
I’m gonna put you down

Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool
To the voodoo doll that is me?
Take the pins out of his butt
And maybe even give him a treat

I wanna get in your hot tub, baby
I wanna get in you now
So get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
I’m gonna put you down

And every day that you play in the water
Come and take me home
Every day, with the days getting hotter
I don’t wanna be alone
Every night in the light of the moonshine
Come and take me home
Every day as you play in the water
Come and take me
Come and take me home

I wanna get in your hot tub, baby
I wanna get in you now
So get in your car and pick me up
Or I’m gonna put you down
I’m gonna put you down

And every day that you play in the water
Come and take me home
Every day, with the days getting hotter
I don’t wanna be alone
And every night in the light of the moonshine
Come and take me home
Every day as you play in the water
Come and take me
Come and take me home

I’m gonna put you down

Known recordings

about this table

Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Hot Tub	08 Hot Tub.mp3	July 1993		3:07	Released online Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Homie	Hot Tub		November 5, 1997	The Middle East, Cambridge, MA	4:04		Live performance; audience bootleg
Homie	Hot Tub		November 21, 1997	T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA	3:57		Live performance; audience bootleg
Homie	Hot Tub		Fall 1997				Rehearsal tape

See also

• Homie
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• HOMiE - Volume 1

External Links

• Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Hot Tub"