Name: Burn The House Down
Duration: P00H04M21S
Description: It's about Emily.

Burn The House Down

from Down By The Wayside by Martin Baker

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It's about Emily.

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She's so good looking
He's such a boor
They don't know what they're fighting for

The face of an angel
He's such a whore
This could be the start of the third world war

But they get on like a house on fire
Set the match to this funeral pyre
Watch the flames grow higher and higher

Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down

(repeat)

And when they've burnt it down
They're going to turn around
They're going to drive right down
To the sea

She listens to Five Live
He reads The Mail
Sure as eggs, this is going to fail

She listens to dubstep
He listens to Grieg
There's no way on this earth they'll agree

But they get on like a house on fire
Set the match to this funeral pyre
Watch the flames grow higher and higher

Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down

(repeat)

And when they've burnt it down
They're going to turn around
They're going to drive right down
To the sea

Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down
Burn the house down

(repeat)

And when they've burnt it down
They're going to turn around
They're going to drive right down
To Brightlingsea

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from Down By The Wayside, released July 27, 2013
Music by Chris Martin and Gary Baker
Lyrics by Chris Martin

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Martin Baker London, UK

Grisly but sensitive sad folky old duo who' quit bands years ago to occasionally produce their wistful blend of jazzy acoustic melancholia.

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