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.