Set The Prairie On Fire Lyrics - Fat City - Shawn Colvin

Full, full moon and that same sad nature 

I wanna cover every inch of you like ink on a paper 

Like the blind parade of souls consumed by religion 

I can't wait 'til I get you in that defenseless position 

When we set the prairie on fire 

Oh, we go down to the water naked and slow 

You and me and the heart of desire 

We set the prairie on fire 

How hard will the wind blow 

How far will it go 

When this feeling burns down to one solitary color 

The velocity of longing melting into each other 

It's a song our fingers play all at once and together 

You can bet we never learned it but we've known it forever 

Oh, I dreamed that we were flying carried up from the ashes 

Black silhouettes of velvet against the crimson of passion 

We can almost hear the echoes from the smoldering meadow 

It's the rapture of the angels and the rage of the devil 

When we set the prairie on fire 

Oh, we go down to the water naked and slow 

You and me, oo, and the heart of desire 

We set the prairie on fire 

How hard will the wind blow 

How far will it go 

In the cool dusk of horses through the rusted wires of sleep 

With our arms around midnight we're headed for release 

We go riding in the wind, we go riding in the dark 

Riding, riding, oh oh 

When we set the prairie on fire 

Oh, we go down to the water naked and slow 

You and me, you and me and the heart of desire 

We set the prairie on fire 

How hard will the wind blow 

How far will it go 

How far will it go 

How far will it go 

How far will it go 

How far will it go