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Little Boy On Fire

from From The Corner Of My Eye by The City Victims

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Whenever I feel sad
Or rolling in the mire
I think of happy things
A little boy on fire

He lives among the ruins
He burns himself away
So very dark from endless flame
And darker every day

One day he left his trailer
To see what life was like
He took his empty canteen
And he rode his burning bike

When all the children saw him
They gawked and gasped in fear
They didn't understand
That he had been like this for years

The parents drove their cars away
With their squeaky tires
They wouldn't let their children see
The little boy on fire

He screamed "I'm only human!
I'm just like other boys
I like to play with animals
Trains and other toys"

But no one understood him
No one really could
Our hero wasn't the only one
Who's head was made of wood

But that didn't ease the pain
Tears rolled down his eyes
All the while he was on fire
The steam flew to the skies

Don't touch me, I'll only hurt you
Don't come near, I'll only cause you pain
Make me think that I am no one
Leave me standing in the pouring rain

The thing that we forget sometimes
The fact it does remain
Even boys on fire
Shouldn't go out in the rain

So if you think you hear someone
Underneath your tires
Remember that it had to be
A little boy on fire

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from From The Corner Of My Eye, released April 8, 1984

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