And so I walked out of the garden Into the mourning mist and light Pulled the velvet veil from 'round the sun And turned about for second sight. I caught a glimpse of pyretic beauty With flowers in her hair She danced as a slumbering whirling dervish With embers in her stare. Fire flower child Naked devil rain Hold a light to your desire Don't be a slave Fire flower child Poison in the vein Hold a light to your desire Rage out your rage. She spoke with a tongue of liquid Her words as sweet as wine With a fire in my head I could not fathom The ocean in her mind One heart for the hurting One hope to be free One love for the lonely One life - watch it bleed. Simple things defined her love Complexities brought out her hate She cried - passion - Gloria In your circle I'm complete. Fire flower child Naked devil rain Hold a light to your desire Don't be a slave Fire flower child Poison in the vein Hold a light to your desire Don't be a slave. Fire flower child Desire of the age Pour the flame out of your pyre Rage out your rage.