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ARTIST: Talking Heads
TITLE: Burning Down the House
Lyrics and Chords
Watch out - you might get what you're after
Cool babies - strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
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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
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know
where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
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All wet - hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown - dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
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 say, baby what
did you expect
Gonna burst into flame
My house - it's out of the ordinary
That's might - 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 nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into
the TV set
Fighting fire with fire