The Big E Lyrics - Ass Ponys

See the father's barn burning 

Watch as the flames 

Illuminate the sky 

See the boy who set the fire 

Watch the barn burning 

In his eyes in his eyes 

Hear the cattle calling out 

Into the night 

They crowd against the fence 

Until it breaks 

And as it breaks 

The arson shakes 

Know that it's life 

And nothing more 

See the boy obey the father 

Stuffing the crying 

Kittens in a sack 

Hear the father curse the boy 

And whip him with a switch 

Across the back across the back 

See them standing on 

The bridge at twilight 

They tie it to a rock 

And let it go 

And through the tears 

It disappears 

And now he knows 

It's life and nothing more 

And through the tears 

It disappears 

The path is cut the way is clear 

It's up the stairs 

And through the door 

He finds the matches in a drawer 

Into the barn he lights the hay 

It catches quick 

Can't find his way 

Through the burning ash 

And blinding smoke 

He stumbles and begins to choke 

A just reward a settled score 

And now he knows 

It's life and nothing more