Never had enough to be the favorite son

And so I never had enough to disappoint no one

Everything I ever done it never came to much

Maybe then I could've said that I was just washed up

Oh my brother was a soldier he was straight and true

Mama said he was a member of the chosen few

But I guess he never felt he ever got his due

He wrote a note and put a rover at his neck last June

Let them burn and shine

Let them burn and shine

Let that last long dance

Just be yours and mine

Let them spin their wheels

And turn their pages

Break their knives on the rock of ages

Baby we'll be fine

Let them burn, burn and shine

Well no one ever whistled when you walked by

Because you never caught the corner of the public eye

When you left town you got one goodbye

From the sound of the Frederick County line

Ah your sister was a looker she was tall and wild

She had a star crossed lover on a moonlit mile

Then she met a politician and she had his child

It takes the bottom of a bottle just to make her smile

Let them burn and shine

Let them burn and shine

Let that last long dance

Just be yours and mine

Let them spin their wheels

And turn their pages

Break their knives on the rock of ages

Baby we'll be fine

Let them burn, burn and shine

Let them burn and shine

Let them burn and shine

Let that last long dance

Just be yours and mine

Let them spin their wheels

And turn their pages

Break their knives on the rock of ages

Baby we'll be fine

Let them burn, burn and shine