Lyrics
Look at the sky turn a Hell fire red.
Somebody's house is burnin',
Down, down, down, down.
Well I asked my friend,
"Where is that black smoke comin' from?"
He just coughed and changed the subject,
"Er, ah, I think it might snow some."
So I Left him sippin' his tea,
An' I jumped in my chariot and rode off to see
Just why and who could it be this time.
Sisters and brothers, daddy's mother standin' 'round cryin',
When I reached the scene the flames were making a ghostly whine.
So I stood on my horse's back,
an' I screamed without a crack,
I say,"Oh baby, why did you burn your brother's house down?"
Look at the sky turn a Hell fire red, Lord.
Somebody's house is burnin',
Down, down, down, down.
Look at the sky turn a Hell fire red.
Somebody's house is burnin',
Down, down, down, down.
Well someone stepped up from the crowd,
He was nineteen miles high.
He shouts retired and disgusted,
So we paint red through the sky.
I said,"The truth is straight ahead,
So don't burn yourself instead.
Try to learn instead of burn,
hear what I say."
So I finally rode away, but I'll never forget that day,
Cause' when I reached the valley
I looked way down 'cross the way.
A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace,
and came and taken all the dead away.
Look at the sky turn a Hell fire red, Lord.
Somebody's house is burnin',
Down, down, down, down.
Look at the sky turn a Hell fire red.
Somebody's house is burnin',
Down, down, down, down.
