Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red,
Somebody's house is burning down, down, down, down, (down,
down, down).

Well, I asked my friend, "Where is that black smoke coming from?"
He just coughed and changed the subject and said,
"Uh, it might snow some"

So I left him sipping his tea, and l jumped in my chariot and rode
To see just why and who could it be this time.
Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers standing 'roundi crying
When I reached the scene, the flames were making a ghostly whine
So I stood on my horse's back
And I screamed without a crack, I say, "Oh, baby, why did you burn
you,
your brother's house downY"
Hey! hey! hey! hey!
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning down, down, down, down,
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning down, down, down, down (down).

Well someone stepped from the crowd,
he was nineteen miles high.
He shouts "We're tired and disgusted;
so we paint red trough the sky".
I say "The truth is straight ahead,
So don't burn yourself instead,
try to learn instead of burn, hear what I say!".
So I finally rode away,
but l'll never forget that day,
'cause when I reached the valley
I looked way down 'cross the way,
A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace
and came and taken all the dead away.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! (What I say!)
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
somebody's house is burning down, down, down, down,
look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
somebody's house is burning down, down, down, down,
look at the sky...