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On Fire Lyrics — Phoenix | Dork

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Phoenix
On Fire Lyrics

Lyrics

On Fire

From United2000

Written by Phoenix, Christian Mazzalai, Deck d’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars, Phoenix

Produced by Alex Firla, Phoenix, Stéphane “Alf” Briat

Lyrics

On Fire

Baby, our city's on fire Don't you know it's going to be alright Alright, alright, alright Lately, running through the bombs Don't you know it's going to last all night Alright, alright, alright Alright, alright. Baby, revolution is over You and me it's going to be alright Alright, alright, alright Hard times won't last forever Don't you know we've got some real good time Alright, alright, alright There was a time She called me sweet, my hero, my cute thing I gave her all the love I got Baby, for you I'm a man This is how I got to prove my love (I love that) Baby, left me for another Don't you know it's going to be alright Alright, alright, alright Alright, alright There was a time She called me sweet, my hero, my cute thing I gave her all the love I got Baby, our city's on fire Don't you know it's going to be alright Alright, alright, alright Hard times won't last forever Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright, alright, alright

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

About this track

"On Fire" is a song by Phoenix from the album United, released in 2000. The song was written by Phoenix, Christian Mazzalai, Deck d’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars, Phoenix. It was produced by Alex Firla, Phoenix, Stéphane “Alf” Briat.

Phoenix profile →United album →Track profile →

Track 6 of 11Parlophone (France)

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Cub1— 4 credits as percussion →
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Alex Firla— 8 credits as producer →
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