Burn Left me out A hound ungroomed With one nigh moon I was consumed I howled to it
Oh, I was loud In drinking rooms And dim saloons When I found you I found you wounded
But you wore your heart like a lady And I lit your smokes like a man
Burn… Gathered ’round When eyes adjusted In fire we trusted Tending to a bed of kindle I stoked it on and on
When dry wind roused Our hearts unready It painted red with orange hands And a brush more hot than what we want
All around we just danced So drunk upon the lawn
And you danced the steps of a lady And I tried to lead like a man The bells only ring in emergency There’s hazard in heat to discern In a controlled burn…
When we were found Our molars made The sorry case
“Where goes our boy?” “Where goes our girl?” Our fathers cried I never heard
And the bells only ring in emergency There’s hazard in heat to discern It warms and it dances It speaks out of turn and it runs Controlled burn…