House Burning Down lyrics - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

Look at the sky turn a hell fire red

Somebody's house is burning down down, down down

Down, down, down

Well I asked my friend, "Where is that black smoke coming from?"

He just coughed and changed the subject and said, "Oh, I think it might snow some"

So I left him sipping his tea and I jumped in my chariot

And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time

Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers standing around crying

When I reached the scene the flames were making a ghostly whine

So I stood on my horse's back and I screamed without a crack

I say, "Oh baby why'd you burn your brother's house down?"

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

Look at the sky turn a hell fire red, Lord

Somebody's house is burning down down, down down

Look at the sky turn a hell fire red, Lord

Somebody's house is burning down down

Down, down, down

Well, someone stepped from the crowd, he was nineteen miles high

He shouts, "We're tired and disgusted, so we paint red through the sky."

I said, "The truth is straight ahead so don't burn yourself instead

Try to learn instead of burn, hear what I say. Yeah, yeah."

So I finally rode away but I'll never forget that day

Because when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way

A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace

And came and taken all the dead away

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

Look at the sky turn a hell fire red, Lord

Somebody's house is burning down down, down down

Look at the sky turn a hell fire red, Lord

Somebody's house is burning down down, down down

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Oh baby