Atlanta Is Burning

The road beneath my wheels
Moves at a breakneck pace.
And carries me
Far from everything I love.
Deeds I can’t conceal.
Crimes of passion and disgrace.
Away I flee
Beneath the darkened sky above.

In my rearview mirror
Flames rise up against the night.
Set by my own hand and
Burning every bridge in sight.
All that I held dear,
Stacked like cords of aging wood.
At my command
They’re all burning down for good

Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burned.

Now I’ve sealed my fate.
My convictions are impeached.
Each road is closed.
Every shelter has been breached.
Now it’s much too late
For me to find my way back home.
With my soul eXposed
I will surely die alone.

Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burned.

I plot the road ahead
Where I’ll make my final stand.
I’ll see it through
And prove that I’m a man.
Every tear you’ve shed,
Every flower that you save,
I share with you
And I carry to my grave.

Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning.
Atlanta is burning...