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demwing

(16,916 posts)
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 01:44 PM Feb 2016

Berning Down the House

For Bernie supporters in Iowa and everywhere!



I haven't read the lyrics to this song in years. Today, they seem oddly significant:

Burning Down The House
Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool baby strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house


Hold tight wait till the party's over
Hold tight we're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here

Close enough but not too far,
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

All wet hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flame
Burning down the house

My house out of the ordinary
That's right don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
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Berning Down the House (Original Post) demwing Feb 2016 OP
Love it! "Gonna come in first place".....Bernin down the house! ViseGrip Feb 2016 #1
Right? Seems like he's singing to Iowa demwing Feb 2016 #2
gmta Hiraeth Feb 2016 #3
and this wilsonbooks Feb 2016 #4

wilsonbooks

(972 posts)
4. and this
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 02:04 PM
Feb 2016

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens (guided, guided)
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin (guided, guided by)
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons (guided)
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Ah, you loved me as a loser
But now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I don't like your fashion business, mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

And I thank you for those items that you sent me, ha ha ha
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night, now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin (I am guided)

Ah remember me, I used to live for music (baby)
Remember me, I brought your groceries in (ooh, baby, yeah)
Well, it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded (baby)
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

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