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soul drifter
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0 posted 2010-07-18 04:00 PM


Fire In The Night

Sunset fell like fruit from the vine
Eve's standing on the corner countin' nickles and dimes
looking for a chance when it all seems right
to go out and chase down that fire in the night

Hot streets streaking red with cars
Adam saves up his pay for a cherry red Fender guitar
he writes his songs on the back of paycheck stubs
stories wrought from the fire in those dark clubs

Oh yeah, ain't we all runnin' blind
everybody's out tryin' to walk that tightrope line
looking for a way out of this fight
catchin' a clue to the flames of light
that burnin' fuel, a fire in the night

Eden is bleedin' stigmata rain
a snake coils corkscrew 'round poor Eve's brain
whispering secrets of sin and desire
givin' directions to that blazing nightfire

Adam's guitar cries out for her
the fruit juice sticky sweet, the light is a blur
and he drinks in her beautiful sight
runnin' hot from that fire in the night

Oh yeah, isn't it all beautiful
everyone's out tryin' to walk n' talk it tall
lookin' for that white spotlight
to shine one time, just one last bite
of that sweet tastin' fire in the night

Adam's ribs and Eve's apple pie
cool on the window where broken dreams die
they're out there searchin' for a spark
to light the embers of fire in the heart

And yeah, ain't we all crazy
everybody in the world lost in a daze
'till someone comes in from the dark
promising to fill you up with light
no candle to that fire in the night

Just like Adam n' Eve out there, together and apart
forever in search of kindling for the fire in the heart
looking for the chance when it all seems just right
to go off on a mad dash chasin' that fire in the night
Well down on these streets
it's nothin' but a loser's game
yeah but some swear it's worth the time
just the same

Fire
It's burnin' white hot
this desire
when it's all you got
that nightfire gonna burn it all down
the cold heart of this mean town
the cold hard thud of a sound
of love fallin' down blind alleys out of the light
burn it all up like fire in the night
burnin' like a flame in the night
like an inferno in the night
that ragin' fire in the night
girl, just hold tight now


"And all the world is football-shaped,
it's just for me to kick in space." -- XTC, 'Senses Working Overtime'

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