Wildfire

I've been on my own As long as I remember An ornery stretch of hardwood Content to wait its turn Then you fluttered by A brightly burnin' ember Set my world on fire, babe Sat back and watched it burn A single spark On the summer plains Ignites the dark Into a field of dancin' flames We gave in To the simplest of desire And watched that spark Turn to wildfire And then the sky busted open Like the Book of Revelations The smell of Bulleit Rye and Brimstone Filled the August air I never meant for this to happen Clean and utter devastation A flame that burns this bright, babe Is a flame that don't burn long A single spark On the summer plains Ignites the dark To a field of dancin' flames We gave in To the simplest of desire And watched that spark Turn to wildfire So, here I am standing On the site of somethin' tragic Cooled ash and scorched earth Is all that we've left to show And if there's one thing I've learned There's a part of death that's magic Destroying something to make way For something else to grow A single spark On the summer plains Ignites the dark To a field of dancin' flames We gave in To the simplest of desire And watched that spark Turn to wildfire