Fire on the Water

FIRE ON THE WATER

There's a fire on the water tonight
The night sky a rainbow of light
Throwin’ it down for a firefight
Slowin’ it down when it's all right
Your family is in danger
Listen to the forest ranger
Fire on the water
It don't come a whole lot stranger

It ain't like you can
Fight it from the ground
Fire lines are burning
Back in our little town
We've been setting backfires
Ever since the sun went down
Like puppets on a wire
When the circus comes to Town

Some chemicals got infiltrated
Down into the soil
Waterways were situated
Downstream from the oil
End of times are orchestrated
To the victor go the spoils
Sooner than anticipated
You lose your mortal coil

Three men in the tower
300 on the ground
Fighting without power
No one else around
Empty fire station
Forced evacuation
Military occupation
Desperate situation

Fire on the water
Choppers overhead
Bubble-headed news chick
Talks out both sides of her head
Estimated body count
Real statistics still in doubt
Uncontrolled and East-wind driven
Watch the show, film at 11:00

Sara was a Mexican and San Manuel
Her father was a Medicine Man from hell
Can you tell we didn't get along too well?
One man's curse, another's magic spell

40 years old and dark and handsome
Sold his soul for an evil king’s ransom
Bought a stake in the casino at the bottom of the hill
Got to say that we know he is down there still

Sara loved her daddy but she had to get away
She came up to the valley and decided to stay
She became a teacher at the village school
I was just a preacher with the heart of a fool

Workin’ for a livin’ for the forestry division
Take a new position with a surgical incision
Makin’ a decision in a blazing cataclysm
Firin’ ammunition with amazing precision

Amalgamated lovers undercover overnight
Syncopated shadows all are dancing in the light
Decimated, relocated, allocated, weapons graded
Relegated, antiquated, ultimately liberated

Purged of your impurity and your insecurity
Urged in perpetuity by your ingenuity
Climb a River canyon up onto the ridge
Call me when you're standin’ on the Rainbow Bridge

I'll be at the station
Where the water used to be
Tourists on vacation
Have all left the valley
Moms and dads in fear about
Their kids who have gone walkabout
Living now behind the house
Way back in the alley

There was once a waterfall
Now a dry creek bed
Where sometimes early in the fall
We used to lay our heads
Lie there looking at the sky
God would sing a lullaby
Starlight memory so deep
All the children fast asleep

Now those days have gone away
To fade away like yesterday
And all the signs along the way
Could have saved us from today
We chose not to pay them heed
Faith less than a mustard seed
Falling down a well of greed
Boiling oil and demon seed

There's a fire on the water
Intentionally set
A little propane cylinder
And a burning cigarette
Firebug was sayin’ somethin’
We will not forget
Subtle as a shadow
Deep inside a silhouette

Volcanic eruptions
Come breakin’ through the ground
Panic and disruptions
All over this town
Police and fire vehicles
Prowl the empty Street
The deceased, and wild animals
Howling at their feet

I finally broke on through the lines
And made it to the other side
Some committed suicide
By the hand of Native Pride
Burning down onto the ground
The Roadhouse called the Waterline

They said that she was still inside
That's where my baby, Sara died

Up here in the mountains
The world is far away
A string of paper lanterns
That slowly float away
An echo down the canyons
Music on a holiday
Some of us will not forget
The things we did today

I offer you my fire song
I offer you my heart
The fire on the water gone
We make a brand new start
Soon another wildfire
Will flare up from a spark
The fire song goes on and on
And the light comes from the dark

Fire on the water
Fire in the sky
To all my sons and daughters
Let me sing your lullaby
I'll be moving forward
When it comes my time to die
Fire on the water
Till It's time to say goodbye
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