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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

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
May be you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

All wet, here you might need a raincoat
Shakedown dreams walkin' 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
Go ahead

Burning down the house

My house is out of the ordinary
That's right don't want to hurt nobody
Something's sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support
And you have not seen nothing here
Everything's stuck together

And I don't know what you expect
Staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire