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HOUSE BURNING DOWN
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Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red
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Someone's house is burning down down down down down down down . . .
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Well, I asked my friend, 'Where is that black smoke coming from?'
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He just coughed and changed the subject and said,
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'Oh well, I think it might snow some.'
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So I left him sipping his tea,
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And I jumped in my chariot and rode off to see
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Just why and who could it be this time.
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Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers standing round cryin'.
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When I reached the scene the flames were making a gostly whine
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So I stood on my horse's back
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And I screamed without a crack
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I said: "Oh baby why did you burn your brother's house down?"
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Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
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Someone's house is burning down down down down
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Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
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Someone's house is burning down down down down down . . .
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Well, someone stepped from the croud
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He was nineteen miles high
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He shouts, "We're tired and disgusted,
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So we paint red through the sky."
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I said, "The truth is straight ahead
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So don't burn yourself instead
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Try to learn instead of burn
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Hear what I say."
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So I finally rode away
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But I'll never forget that day
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'Cause when I reached the valley
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I looked down across the way
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A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace
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And came and taketh all the dead away.
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
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What do I say?
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Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
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Someone's house is burning down down down down
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Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
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Someone's house is burning down down down down
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Look at the sky . . .
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HOUSE BURNING DOWN
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| Jimi Hendrix |
