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House Burning Down Lyrics by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland

1968

[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down
[Verse 1]
Well, I asked my friend, "Where is that black smoke coming from?"
He just coughed and changed the subject and said, "Oh, I think it might snow some"
So I left him sipping his tea and I jumped in my chariot
And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time
Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers standing 'round crying
When I reached the scene, the flames were making a ghostly whine
So I stood on my horse's back and I screamed without a crack
I say, "Oh baby, why'd you burn your brother's house down?"
[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down
Down, down, down
[Verse 2]
Well, someone stepped from the crowd, he was nineteen miles high
He shouts "We're tired and disgusted, so we paint red through the sky"
I said "The truth is straight ahead so don't burn yourself instead
Try to learn instead of burn", hear what I say, yeah, yeah
So, I finally rode away but I'll never forget that day
'Cause when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way
A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace
And came and taken all the dead away
[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
[Outro]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh, baby
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