Fire in the City

                                                lyrics by Jeremy Roper (JR Night)

                                      (INTRO)  

   On the corner of Day Street and Moonlight Avenue

   I met a man with arms stretched out to welcome me

                                      He said

                      Why~ do the Heavens cry!

                  when the sunlight hits your eyes!

                                       and

                  Why~ does the Earth bleed flames

                        with every step you take

                           I said listen real close

                         there's no need to boast

                       but this is what I have to say

                            The time has come!

                             for this city to burn!

                  With the heat of a thousand suns!

                                   (CHORUS)

                              Fire~ in the city~!

                                 Burning blue!

                               with hints of red!

                         Passion~ is not a crime~

                              but without heart

                            You're next in line!

                                    (VERSE 1)

                        The screams~ get higher!

                 as the fire~ gets deeper~ in the city~

                  Pretty young thang ran up to plea

                     and put her arms around me

                      As her beautiful brown hair

                           slowly turned to gray

                     she shivered~ and shriveled~

                              from head to toe

                I leaned in to whisper inside her ear 

                     Once beautiful on the outside

                         the inside now revealed

            *(Stage whisper the previous two lines)

                                    (CHORUS)

                              Fire~ in the city~!

                                 Burning blue!

                               with hints of red!

                         Passion~ is not a crime~

                              but without heart

                            You're next in line!

                                     A tear

                                     A sigh

         as I see my journey is growing near its' end

                        But lo' and behold a man~

                         jumping into the flames

                           to save~ his fortune~

            Screams!~ of pain and pleasure echo

              as the fire engulfes hin in the ruins~

        Out from the darkness whip chains into the fire

                   dragging out his tortured form

                                once a body~

         I grew close to enlighten him of his charge

               *(Stage whisper the previous line)

                         From rags to riches

                         from riches to rags~

                  the chains you bound to others

                                you will drag~

                     Deeper in the darkness

                     shall you forever crawl~

           no longer anyone at your beck and call

                                (CHORUS)

                             Fire~ in the city~!

                                Burning blue!

                              with hints of red!

                        Passion~ is not a crime~

                             but without heart

                            You're next in line!

                   (AWESOME GUITAR SOLO)

                                  (CHORUS)

                            Fire~ in the city~!

                               Burning blue!

                             with hints of red!

                       Passion~ is not a crime~

                            but without heart

                           You're next in line!

                             (END OF SONG)

*(~) DENOTES THAT THE PREVIOUS WORD IS TO BE ELONGATED BY EITHER HOLDING A SINGLE ENDING NOTE OR BY USE OF VIBRATO