This world was against me
This world threw me away
This world chewed me up and spat me out
This worlds gonna have to pay

I'm gonna set it on fire
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna dance in the ashes
A sad and lonely clown

Fire for when I need a change
Fire when everything seems strange
Nothing can deny the flame
Nothing in this world seems sane

I'm gonna set it on fire
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna dance in the ashes
A sad and lonely clown

Crying tears sting my eyes
I am seeing through all the lies
Out of anger out of rage
I have built my gilded cage


I'm gonna set it on fire
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna dance in the ashes
A sad and lonely clown

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all text Copyright Cary Preston Richards, 1999