city's burning

young man is angry

girl is afraid

she want to get high

he want to get paid

he had to jump up

she had to sit down

when they heard those words

about the trouble downtown

he had to shout

she had to cry

he wanted to kill

she wanted to die

city's burning

cities burning

grab for the dial

tune out the fright

but he turns left and she turns right

she look for love songs

he buys the drive

but all they can pull is bad news in tonight

city's burning

cities burning

ooohh mama tell me what do do

aaahh daddy you better pull us through