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The Jam – Set the House Ablaze (1980) | Track profile | Dork

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Sound Affects
Set the House Ablaze

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Set the House Ablaze

Release date: 28th November 1980

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About This Track

"Set the House Ablaze" is a track by The Jam, from the album Sound Affects, released 28th November 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Set the House Ablaze

I was in the pub last night

A mutual friend of ours said

He'd seen you in the uniform

Yeah the leather belt looks manly

The black boots butch

But oh what a bastard to get off

Promises, promises

They offer real solutions

But hatred has never won for long

[Chorus]

Something you said set the house ablaze

Something you said set the house ablaze

Something you said set the house ablaze

You was so open minded

But by someone blinded

And now your sign says closed

Promises, promises

They offer real solutions

But hatred has never won for long

I think we've lost our perception

I think we've lost sight of the goals we should be working for

I think we've lost our reason

We stumble blindly and that vision must be restored!

I wish that there was something

I could do about it

I wish that there was some way

I could try to fight it

Scream and shout it

[Chorus]

But something you said set the house ablaze!

Something you said set the house ablaze

Something you said set the house ablaze

It is called indoctrination

And it happens on all levels

But it has nothing to do with equality

It has nothing to do with democracy

And though it professes to

It has nothing to do with humanity

It is cold, hard and mechanical

[Chorus]

But something you said set the house ablaze

Something you said set the house ablaze

Something you said set the house ablaze

[Outro]

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Track details

From Sound Affects

1980

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Album

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1980

—Man in the Corner Shop
—Scrape Away
—Set the House Ablaze
—But I'm Different Now
—Pretty Green
—Monday
—That's Entertainment
—Dream Time
—Boy About Town
—Music for the Last Couple

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Writer: Paul Weller
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