Out where the creek turns shallow and sandyAnd the moon comes

had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of

I found me a little girl and I settled

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of

Sandy, the aurora is rising behind usThose pier lights, our carnival

You can't start a fireYou can't start a fire without a

me now, baby, here as I amPull me close,

inhabited each otherLike it was some kind of diseaseI

I pick you up with flower when you get off from

get up in the eveningAnd I ain't got nothing

get up in the eveningAnd I ain't got nothing

is called "Fire"A one, two, three, driving in

found him by the railroad tracks this morningI could

1 - 2 - 3 - 4Well, she was just seventeenYou

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a

Hey little girl, is your daddy home?Did he go and leave

There's a place out on the edge of town, sirRisin' above

that dress you're wearin', baby?I never seen that dress

crowd dies down to a silent hushAnd everyone heads

WellThe little things you say and doMake me want to be