I've seen bare rock standing

Where the trees once stood

Three hundred thousand acres

That ain't no good

Tried to stop that wildfire

When it's burnin' bad

And all that I've given

Is all that I had.



And there's smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun

Wind holds the warning

When the wildfire comes

Ain't nothing left

When the wildfire's done

Smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun.



I've been so tired

I've been steppin' on my feet

Been trapped and surrounded

In the burning heat

I've seen ground fire and crown fire

And dug fire breaks

And all that I've given

Is all that it takes



And there's smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun

Wind holds the warning

When the wildfire comes

Ain't nothing left

When the wildfire's done

Smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun.



When the timber is burning

So it lights up the night

And the pines blow up

Like they were dynamite

And the smoke gets so thick

You can't see daylight

All I'll have given

Is all of my life



And there's smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun

Wind holds the warning

When the wildfire comes

Ain't nothing left

When the wildfire's done

Smoke on the wind

Blackening the sun