Burn Down The Mission Lyrics - 11-17-70 - Elton John

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 

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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 

Now everybody 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