After The Fire Lyrics - Singles - Daltrey Roger

After the Fire 

from the Roger Daltrey LP "Under a Raging Moon" 

[Unpunctuated, as that's the way the liner notes had it. ---Rsk ] 

After the fire the fire still burns 

The heart grows older but never ever learns 

The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns 

After the fire the fire still burns 

I heard a voice asking what happens after the fire 

And then the sound of a breaking window and the scream of a tyre 

And then the sound of a distant gun and the cry of a hungry child 

The night is hot 

But nothing's gonna stop 

This gang going wild 

After the fire the fire still burns 

The heart grows older but never ever learns 

The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns 

After the fire the fire still burns 

I saw Matt Dillon in black and white there ain't no colour in memories 

He rode his brother's Harley across the TV while I was laughing at Dom deLuise. 

Now I'm cycling all my video tapes, I'm crying and I'm joking 

I've gotta stop drinking 

I've gotta stop thinking 

I've gotta stop smoking 

After the fire the fire still burns 

The heart grows older but never ever learns 

The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns 

After the fire the fire still burns 

The fire still burns, raging through the pain 

Blackening the promises the tears and the rain 

The fire will burn 

'Til the wind begins to turn 

And it all begins again 

After the fire the fire still burns 

The heart grows older but never ever learns 

The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns 

After the fire the fire still burns 

Transcribed by Rich Kulawiec, [email protected]