Far away not long ago When the chuch bells rang and life moved slow people prayed for hope they prayed for rain
A woman she stood tall and proud with a heavy walk voice so loud her body aching she ignored the pain
Like she did the years before Right outside her farmhouse door Lite a match to burn it all again
The wind it blowed it didn't stop The flame kept burning beyond the crop It was rutless, took all it could claim
Chorus: Wild fire she danced the night away Took her by the hand there was nothing she could say Wild fire brought her to her knees When the dust finally settled there was nothing but the breeze
Tears ran down her somber face All the things she can't replace Answered prayers never brought the rain
Boy had yet become a man She hoped one day he'd take the land Black burnt soil is what remained
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She looked upon her tragedies Field of ashes wrigly leafless trees Empire crumbled down to ruins
In her heart she held a blame Never saw herself the same Wouldn't answer to her name