Burning Down the House - Tom Jones and The Cardigans
Originally written and recorded by Talking Heads in 1983
[Intro]
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Fighting fire with fire
[Verse 1]
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Watch out you might get what you're after
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Cool babies strange but not a stranger
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I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy
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Burning down the house
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Hold tight wait till the party's over
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Hold tight we're in for nasty weather
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There has got to be a way
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Burning down the house
[Verse 2]
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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 hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
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Burning down the house
[Verse 3]
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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 except
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Gonna burst into flame
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Fighting fire with fire
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Fighting fire with fire
G# E
Burning down the house
[Verse 4]
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My house out of the ordinary
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That's right Don't want to hurt nobody
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Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
G# E B
Burning down the house
F# E
Watch out you might get what you're after
F# E B
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
F# E F#
I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy
G# E
Burning down the house
[Bridge]
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Three hundred sixty - five degrees
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Burning down the house
F# E
Fightin' fire with fire
F# E
Fightin' fire with fire
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Gonna burst into flame
F# E
Fightin' fire with fire
F# E
Fightin' fire with fire
F# E F#
Gonna burst into flame
G# E F#
Burning down the house
G# E
Burning down the house
[Outro]
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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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Fightin' fire with fire
G# E F#
Burning down the house
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Burning down the house