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Burn Down The Mission Lyrics — Phil Collins | Dork

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Burn Down The Mission Lyrics

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Burn Down The Mission

From Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin1991

Written by Bernie Taupin, Elton John

Produced by Hugh Padgham, Phil Collins

Lyrics

Burn Down The Mission

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

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About this track

"Burn Down The Mission" is a song by Phil Collins from the album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, released in 1991. The song was written by Bernie Taupin, Elton John. It was produced by Hugh Padgham, Phil Collins.

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Contributors

Leland Sklar— 159 credits as songwriter →
Daryl Stuermer— 46 credits as songwriter →
Steve Winwood— 172 credits as songwriter & producer →
Hugh Padgham— 389 credits as producer →
Phil Collins— 946 credits as songwriter & producer →
Bernie Taupin— 557 credits as songwriter & producer →
Elton John— 1,309 credits as songwriter & producer →

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