Michelle Shocked - V f d

^AMe and my frien^Gd and this ^Aboy named ^GEddie We was ^Abored one a^Gfternoo^An We was ^Asitting in the ^Ghay It was a ^Ahot Texas ^Gday And we was ^Aplaying with ^Gmatches like som^Ae kids do

We would ^Athrow our m^Gatches into the hi^Agh dry gra^Gss C^Alose our ey^Ges and ^Acount to ten And the^An race the burn^Ging field Doing t^Ahe toe and heel^G We’d die l^Aaughing and do it all ^Gover ag^Aain

Wh^Aere there’s smoke there’s su^Gre to be a fi^Are ^GReady steady go it was d^Aown to the wire We was r^Gacing inevitab^Aility We was m^Gaking trouble for the V^A F D (That's the Volunteer Fire Department, now)

^AWell, I’m sure that you know how this st^Gory goes ^AOur little fire^G ran out of^A control S^Gomebody called f^Aor the V F D It ^Gwas not me, it w^Aeren’t me, Jack

They d^Arive from fifteen ^Gmiles away So by the ^Atime they arrived^G I’m sorry to say ^AThe field was b^Glack ^AThe sky was gre^Gy ^AAnd you know those barns they use to store the hay in? - Uh-huh

The volu^Anteers all shoo^Gk their heads A^And then I recalled o^Gne of them said T^Ahis fire was no^G accident No, this^G fire started with a ^Amatch

^AI slowly backed int^Go the crowd - M^Ae and Eddie we ^Glooked at each other We n^Aever mentioned it^G to this day But my fri^Aend, she went and told her ^Amother (Aww, Jesus! ^G- Can you believe that?) ^AShe said--

Wh^Aere there’s smoke there’s su^Gre to be a fi^Are ^GReady steady go it was d^Aown to the wire We was r^Gacing inevitab^Aility We was m^Gaking trouble for the V^A F D ^AWe was raising insurance ^Gpremiums, ma We was s^Apreading fear of ^Garson We was s^Apreading fear of ^Garson All around -- K^Aelsey