On Fire

He was an outlaw by trade, one foot already in the grave

Deck of cards in his pocket, someone's hair in a silver locket

He could make an old horse dance, didn't need no fancy pants

Tellin' him he had what it took, to be in next years parade.

He wern't no good at tellin' lies, a big ol heart he'd sympathize

They all tried to run him down, he'd hide out here in our town

He'd belly right up to the bar, looked just like a movie star

Bound by the promise of his kind, to set the whole world On Fire.

On Fire, he tried his best to set the world On Fire

On Fire, carrying the torch of true desire

On Fire, accuse him of weakness you're a liar

You're a liar, On Fire.

In the prime of his life, never took time for a wife

He could travel faster on his own, grit and gravel to the bone

He could spit the eye out of a lizard, his favorite chicken was the gizzard

Cross him and he'd fight you at the drop of a new thin dime.

Like I said he never married, the years have seen him buried

In a little slice of heaven he called home away from home

He'll go right down in history, on display for all to see

Listen close and you can almost here the sound of a new lit fire.

On Fire, he tried his best to set the world On Fire

On Fire, carrying the torch of true desire

On Fire, accuse him of weakness you're a liar

You're a liar, On Fire.