Man Burning Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Don't stand so close to me 

Don't be another tragedy 

I've burned everybody who had a hand to lend 

A man burning at both ends 

No one put me in this hell 

I lit a fire underneath myself 

Now I'm blazing the same old trail back to you again 

A man burning at both ends 

A dangerous thing to know about 

No painless way to put me out 

You either make a bed that's cold 

Or you're walking barefoot over coals 

I regret the things I've done 

Bitter words and fiery tongues 

And letters burned to smoke and then turned to wind 

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A man burning at both ends 

A dangerous thing to know about 

No painless way to put me out 

You either make a bed that's cold 

Or you're walking barefoot over coals 

We ran barefoot through the reeds 

Wetted down and with the need 

The tide though high and getting higher 

Could not put out the man on fire 

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Look look look look look down your street for me 

Look look look look look up your the window please 

You'll see a light where before no light had been 

A man burning at both ends