The day the earth caught fire

(At the first stroke
It will be three o’clock precisely)

The day the Earth caught fire
We stood outside the world was laughing
And in the city square
They cast umbrellas to the sky
The sun above my head
was burning greedy red
The horns began to blow
Three cheers for Jericho

The first evacuee
I was headed for the sea, I saw them
The roadside refugees
The boys with bloody knees who waved
Abandoned cars that lay
Too tired to drive away
A World in Flames Today
Was all the papers had to say

Run for your life (the earth's caught fire)
Run for your life (the earth's caught fire)
Run, run, run
Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run, run, run
The earth’s on fire, ooh

The streetcar prophet said
You thought that God was dead I warned you
The sinners and the saved
They fell down to their knees and prayed
Believers held their breath
and stoned a witch to death
The leaders and the led said
Blow the bloody Reds away!, oh yeah

Run for your life (the earth's caught fire)
Run for your life (the earth's caught fire)
Run, run, run
Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run, run, run

Hmm, you better run
You better run, oh yeah
Run for your life, your life

The earth’s on fire, ooh
Run for your life (the earth's caught fire)
Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run, run, run
Run for your life
Run for your life

Run for your life (the earth's on fire)
Run for your life