I'm on the road to a lonely town
I'm singing my heart out without a sound
If I could see through the haze, there'd be
Maybe a house, a tree, light shining down on me
My lonely town has a lonely frown
Will I look around or turn it upside-down?
Time won't tell, only my mind will tell
And it will wonder when it's glory fell
What a wonder it is in my world
That my hands must stain, if my heart is to feel good
That my sins all trail behind a blackened floor
So heartened by the orange glow
The glow that keeps me alive, but renders this town so poor
A flick, a swish, and there the flame goes
Let the world burn, let it smolder, let it choke all that grows
And as the screams fall down and the smoke curls up
I'll watch from atop a wooden pile
I'll even put on an empty smile