XTC - Books are Burning lyrics
[XTC - Books are Burning lyrics]
Books are burning in the main square
And I saw there, the fire eating the text
Books are burning in the still air
And you know where they burn books
People are next
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Doesn't matter what it said
Wisdom hotline from the dead
Back to the living
Key to the larder for your
Heart and your head
Books are burning in our own town
Watch us turn 'round and
Cast our glances elsewhere
Books are burning in the playground
Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
Well, I believe the printed word
Is more than sacred
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
The human right to let your
Soul fly free and naked
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
The church of matches
Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
The church of matches
Grows fat by breathing in
The smoke of dreams, it's quite obscene
Books are burning, more each day now
And I pray now
You boys will tire of these games
Books are burning, I hope somehow
This will allow, a phoenix up from the flames
And I saw there, the fire eating the text
Books are burning in the still air
And you know where they burn books
People are next
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Doesn't matter what it said
Wisdom hotline from the dead
Back to the living
Key to the larder for your
Heart and your head
Books are burning in our own town
Watch us turn 'round and
Cast our glances elsewhere
Books are burning in the playground
Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
Well, I believe the printed word
Is more than sacred
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
The human right to let your
Soul fly free and naked
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
The church of matches
Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
The church of matches
Grows fat by breathing in
The smoke of dreams, it's quite obscene
Books are burning, more each day now
And I pray now
You boys will tire of these games
Books are burning, I hope somehow
This will allow, a phoenix up from the flames