The Fire Next Time Lyrics

Here's a sign on the house front

The road is barred

The grass has turned yellow

In the front yard

There's a man out there building

A house out of wire

That's where he'll be sitting

Waiting for the fire

For the fire next time

For the fire next time

I know a woman

She lives up a tree

She can look around from up there

See whatever she needs to see

She's counting her blessings

One, two, three

There's no use guessing

She'll tell you how it's going to be

She'll tell you how it's going to be

Head like a feather

Heart like lead

Walked through the desert

And got sunburned here instead

Walked through the desert

Swam across the sea

Now he sits in my bedroom

Looking at me

And deep in the nighttime

Behind closed doors

Girls and boys are shaking it down

On a concrete floor

Moving in rhythm

Talking in signs

Dancing and waiting

For the fire next time

For the fire next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Waiting for the fire next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Waiting for the fire next time