The day the Earth caught fire



We stood outside the world was laughing



And in the city square



They cast umbrellas to the sky



The sun above my head was burning greedy red



The horns began to blow "Three Cheers for jericho"





The first evacuee



I was headed for the sea, I saw them



The roadside refugees



The boys with bloody knees who waved



Abandoned cars that lay too tired to drive away



"A World in Flames Today" was all the papers



had to say





Run for your life (The Earth's caught fire)



Run for your life (The Earth's caught fire)



Run, run, run



Run for your life (The Earth's on fire)



Run for your life (The Earth's on fire)



Run, run, run





The streetcar prophet said,



"You thought that God was dead-I warned you



The sinners and the saved



They fell down to their knees and prayed



Believers held their breath and stoned a witch to death



The leaders and the led said "Blow the bloody



Reds away!"





Run for your life (The Earth's caught fire)



Run for your life (The Earth's caught fire)



Run, run, run



Run for your life (The Earth's on fire)



Run for your life (The Earth's on fire)



Run. run, run