Elton John - Burn Down the Mission Lyrics

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me?
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Lord, burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Oh, I wanna bring it all down

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

Now everybody bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
Lord, if we're gonna stay alive
Let the black smoke fly to heaven
Let the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Lord, burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside, oh oh

Burn down, burn down
Burn down, burn down
Burn down, burn down

Oh, burn it down
Lord, burn it down come on
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
Oh yeah, oh yeah