Watch out You might get what you're after Cool babies Strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight Wait 'til the party's over Hold tight We're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bags Time for jumpin' overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire All wet Hey, you might need a raincoat Shakedown Dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred sixty five degrees Burning down the house It was once upon a place Sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work Baby, what did you expect? Gonna burst into flame Burning down the house My house's out of the ordinary That's right Don't want to hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house No visible means of support And you have not seen nothin' yet Everything's stuck together And I don't know what you expect Staring into the TV set Fighting fire with fire
Watch out You might get what you're after Cool babies Strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight Wait 'til the party's over Hold tight We're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bags Time for jumpin' overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire All wet Hey, you might need a raincoat Shakedown Dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred sixty five degrees Burning down the house It was once upon a place Sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work Baby, what did you expect? Gonna burst into flame Burning down the house My house's out of the ordinary That's right Don't want to hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house No visible means of support And you have not seen nothin' yet Everything's stuck together And I don't know what you expect Staring into the TV set Fighting fire with fire
“Burning Down the House” foi lançada em julho de 1983 pela Sire Records como o primeiro single do quinto álbum de estúdio do Talking Heads, *Speaking in Tongues*.
A faixa marcou a única vez que o Talking Heads entrou no top‑10 da Billboard Hot 100 nos Estados Unidos, alcançando a posição nº 9.
Apesar de ser um sucesso comercial nos EUA, a canção não recebeu menções a prêmios ou reconhecimentos específicos no texto de referência.
O lançamento de “Burning Down the House” serviu como a porta de entrada para a divulgação do álbum *Speaking in Tongues*, sendo o primeiro contato do público com o material desse disco.
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