I am born in the reeds, I'm an idea of magnitude Giving birth to itself ad infinitum I am Jefferson's torch in a bright, stellar majesty Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee We were measured in the dark by timetabled tragedy There's a real turn of age in disaster Now I'm firing a well our politicians gave to ruin 'Till I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee River run run run run run run run river through me Through the mud mud mud mud mud Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning for thee River run run run run run run run river through me Through the mud mud mud mud mud Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you Now come out from your cups, find your love in the doorways Have a care to fill the vessel of your heart Hold me tight through the storms And the winds of revolution And always burning, oh he's burning, oh he's burning Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning for thee