Wildfire

I've been on my own

As long as I remember

An ornery stretch of hardwood content to wait his turn

Then you fluttered by

A brightly burning ember

You set my world on fire, babe

Sat back and watched it burn

A single spark on the summer plains

Ignites the dark into a field of dancing flames

We gave in to the simplest of desire

And watched that spark turn to wildfire

And then the sky busted open

Like the book of Revelations

The smell of Bulleit Rye and brimstone filled the August air

I never meant for this to happen

Complete and utter devastation

A flame that burns this bright, babe, is a flame that don't burn long

A single spark on the summer plains

Ignites the dark into a field of dancing flames

We gave in to the simplest of desire

And watched that spark turn to wildfire

So here I am standing

On the site of something tragic

Cooled ash and scourged earth is all that we've left to show

And if there's one thing I've learned

There's a part of death that's magic

Destroying something to make way for something else to grow

A single spark on the summer plains

Ignites the dark into a field of dancing flames

We gave in to the simplest of desire

And watched that spark turn to wildfire