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E D E D
Fighting fire with fire!
E D
Watch out you might get what you're after,
E D
cool babies, strange but not a stranger.
E D E D A E D
I'm an ordinary guy, burning down the house.
E D
Hold tight! Wait till the party's over!
E D
Hold tight! We're in for nasty weather.
E D E D A E
There has got to be a way, burning down the house.
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Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard,
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the transportation is here.
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Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are,
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fightin' fire with fire.
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All wet, hey you might need a raincoat,
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shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight,
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three hundred sixty five degrees, burning down the house.
E D
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself,
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gonna come in first place.
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People on their way to work, baby what did you expect,
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gonna burst into flame.
E D E D
Fightin' fire with fire,
E D E D A E
fightin' fire with fire, burning down the house.
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My house, out of the ordinary
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that's right, don't want to hurt nobody.
E D E D A E
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet, burning down the house.
E D
Watch out you might get what you're after,
E D
cool babies strange but not a stranger,
E D E D A E
I am an ordinary guy, burning down the house.
E D E D A E
Threehundred sixty-five degrees, burning down the house.
D E
Fighting fire with fire (fighting fire with fire),
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gonna burst into flames (fighting fire with fire)
D E
Fighting fire with fire (fighting fire with fire),
D E D
gonna burst into flames, my house!
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No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet,
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Everything's stuck together.
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I don't know what you expect staring into your TV set,
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fighting fire with fire, burning down the house.
Written by David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth