MY COUNTRY’S BURNING C Steve Eales 2002
Vs/1 the families and pets left yesterday
It’s safe there by the coast they’ll be all right
While me and Dad and all the lads from our community
And the girls who could stayed back to join the fight
Vs/2 we heard the roar before the flames appeared
The smoke already warned us it was near
We’d done all that we could to prepare us for the fire
But nothing could prepare us for the fear
Chorus My country’s burning
Our world is on fire
bridge Had it all controlled at the east end of the town
The wind was blowing back into the flames
But I lost twelve years of history when my house burned down
And the man who brought the news that robbed me of my dreams
Held on to me as my friends gathered round
Chorus My country’s burning
Our world is on fire
Vs/3 Sifting the through remains of a home that raised four kids
Looking for surviving memories
When the picture of our wedding day half buried in the dust
Stared up at us intact defiantly
Chorus/outro
My country’s burning
Our world is on fire
My country’s burning
Our world is on fire