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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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Mick Mørmøny
To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1473982)7/31/2024 12:11:12 AM
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I never knew you were an Elton John fan...

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Burn Down the Mission - A Socialist Anthem

If you’re not familiar with “Burn Down the Mission,” it’s a sprawling pop song from John’s 1970 Tumbleweed Collection in which the hero sets fire to a wealthy person’s home to keep his family alive. “Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps,” John sings. “It's time we put the flame torch to their keep.”

The chorus then rings out:

- Burn down the mission
- If we're gonna stay alive
- Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
- See the red flame light the sky


Lyrics

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

Now everybody bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside
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