Mick Flannery

The Small Fire

Mick Flannery


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[Verse 1]
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   Man worried about the big bomb flying,   worried about the ocean rising,
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   Thinkin' on the day that he'd die,    an' wondered if he were ever alive,
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On the same day, he saw the big blue sky, was the same day, they were closing his eyes.

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[Verse 2]
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   Man thinking on the history train,   an' wondered if he's partly to blame,
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   Man torturing himself in his sleep,    men love, men lose, men weep,
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On the same day, he saw a shift in his luck, was the same day he stopped givin a fuck.

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[Chorus 1]
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  I lit the small fire, ma,  I don't know     who lit the big one.
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  I lit the small fire, ma,  I don't know     who lit the big one.
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  I lit the small fire, ma,  I don't know     who lit the big one.

[Verse 3]
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  Worried about the run in his veins,   worried about the blood in his dreams,
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  Scared sick, he's got a shake in his hands,   scared stiff of what he don't understand-ey,
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  you wanna sing like the little birds sing, bring yourself 'round and forget the whole thing.

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[Chorus 2]
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  I lit the small fire, ma,   I don't know    who lit the big one.
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  I lit the small fire, ma,   I don't know    who lit the big one.
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  I lit the small fire, ma,   I don't know    who lit the big one.
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  I lit the small fire, I don't know who lit the big one.

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