Fire Down Below

(album: Hold On To Me - 1988)

Straight to the bottom
Of the deepest black sea
High on a cargo of bootleg diesoline
Don't need no morning star
To guide me back to shore
Burn all my blankets
I won't be home no more

You might need a witness
Let some angel testify
Burning from the kisses
Of thousand long goodbye
The heat is shimmering
It's time to throw the switch
Send off a beacon
There's panic on the bridge

Waves above us
Fire down below
Last chance to roll
That Memphis domino
Those tanks are gonna blow

Break down the hatches
There's a riot going on
Someone's screaming murder
But the killer's long gone
Creeping round the cabin
On your tattooed hands and knees
Tastes like the cure
But hooks like a disease

Can't see those harbour lights
No streets to roam
Burn all my blankets
I won't be coming home
Straight to the fire down below