The World's On Fire

The World's On Fire - The Housemartins

There's a couple sunbathing on a freshly mown lawn in england

It's a house with a view and all

You see is green and blue for miles

The local vicar has pretended that

The church is well attended this morning

As he wanders without purpose to

The sunday service he smiles

Oh ho what a beautiful morning

Oh ho what a beautiful day

Oh ho what a sickening feeling

It took this long to make it

Now we're throwing it away

Now i was told not to play with fire

I said look out church the flames grow higher

I said watch those flames lick that spire

I said look our church the falmes grow higher

The world's on fire

There's a curtain closed early in an upstairs room in england

There's a couple misbehaving when

They should've been praising sunday

And there's a bounce in a walk and

The neighbors stop to talk for hours

And when eyebrows are raised at

The next song of praise come monday

Oh ho what a beautiful morning

Oh ho what a beautiful day

Oh ho what a sickening feeling

It took this long to make it now we're throwing it away

Now i was told not to play with fire

I said look out church the flames grow higher

I said watch those flames lick that spire

I said look our church the flames grow higher

The world's on fire

Oh ho what a beautiful morning

Oh ho what a beautiful day

Oh ho what a sickening feeling

It took this long to make it now we're throwing it away

Now i was told not to play with fire

I said look out church the flames grow higher

I said watch those flames lick that spire

I said look our church the flames grow higher

The world's on fire

Now i was told not to play with fire

I said look out church the flames grow higher

The world's on fire

The world's on fire

The world's on fire