Man Burning

Don't stand so close to me

Don't be another tragedy

I've burned everybody who had a hand to lend

A man burning at both ends

No one put me in this hell

I lit a fire underneath myself

Now I'm blazing the same old trail back to you again

A man burning at both ends

A dangerous thing to know about

No painless way to put me out

You either make a bed that's cold

Or you're walking barefoot over coals

I regret the things I've done

Bitter words and fiery tongues

And letters burned to smoke and then turned to wind

A man burning at both ends

A dangerous thing to know about

No painless way to put me out

You either make a bed that's cold

Or you're walking barefoot over coals

We ran barefoot through the reeds

Wetted down and with the need

The tide though high and getting higher

Could not put out the man on fire

Look look look look look down your street for me

Look look look look look up your the window please

You'll see a light where before no light had been

A man burning at both ends