Everybody’s talking ‘bout it like it’s a sin, Take me down, take me down, where a man begins Fighting on the street, automatic crime And I’d love to take a runner Ain’t no little banner gonna pin me down I got a free thinking mind and a wall of sound Everybody’s looking at me like I’m a fool But the love keeps hitting me higher
And if we cut this falling wire Drink this water it’s drier I’m gonna set your eyes on fire We’re gonna burn this town on down, down. Down.
Everybody eyes you off coz you got the look And the folks in your hometown won’t even know Riding on the wave of a public storm And I’d love to get my gun out And every little body’s got a place they go Somewhere in the back of every mind you know Everytime you bite my little backbone grows And it gets a little harder
And if the love keeps hitting me higher Through the trap-door comes desire You’re the burglar I’m the buyer In a fortunate disguise And if we cut this falling wire Drink this water it’s drier I’m gonna set your eyes on fire We’re gonna burn this town on down, down.
You’re no bigger than any other man With your swollen sense of pride I will bide my time, I will stand in line As we just sit back and we wait For the turning of the tide.
And if the love keeps hitting me higher Through the trap-door comes desire You’re the burglar I’m the buyer An unfortunate disguise And if we cut this falling wire Drink this water it’s dryer I’m gonna set your eyes on fire We’re gonna burn this town on down, down.