Brian Eno — Baby's On Fire
Album: Here Come the Warm JetsAvg rating:
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Length: 5:16
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Baby's on fire
Better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing
Like a heifer to the slaughter
Baby's on fire
And all the laughing boys are bitching
Waiting for photos
Oh the plot is so bewitching
Rescuers row row
Do your best to change the subject
Blow the wind blow blow
Lend some assistance to the object
Photographers snip snap
Take your time she's only burning
This kind of experience
Is necessary for her learning
If you'll be my flotsam
I could be half the man I used to
They said you were hot stuff
And that's what Baby's been reduced to...
Juanita and Juan
Very clever with maraccas
Making their fortunes
Selling second-hand tobaccoes
Juan dances at Chico's
And when the clients are evicted
He empties the ashtrays
And pockets all that he's collected
But Baby's on fire!
And all the instruments agree that
Her temperature's rising
But any idiot would know that.
Better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing
Like a heifer to the slaughter
Baby's on fire
And all the laughing boys are bitching
Waiting for photos
Oh the plot is so bewitching
Rescuers row row
Do your best to change the subject
Blow the wind blow blow
Lend some assistance to the object
Photographers snip snap
Take your time she's only burning
This kind of experience
Is necessary for her learning
If you'll be my flotsam
I could be half the man I used to
They said you were hot stuff
And that's what Baby's been reduced to...
Juanita and Juan
Very clever with maraccas
Making their fortunes
Selling second-hand tobaccoes
Juan dances at Chico's
And when the clients are evicted
He empties the ashtrays
And pockets all that he's collected
But Baby's on fire!
And all the instruments agree that
Her temperature's rising
But any idiot would know that.
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I would like special permission to rate a song higher than 10. Just this once please
Dude is a shredder, no doubt a face melting guitar solo here.
Intense and relentless
my absolute anthem for a year when I was young teenager. HAs this only just been added to the mix? It's been playing in my head for years.
Robert Fripp on guitar
Robert Fripp on guitar
Excellent choice Bill. Couple other good cuts on this LP, including the title track.
OH YES!!!! What a wonderful addition to the RP playlist. SO many memories with this album and Everything's Gone Green. Brilliant IMHO.
timmus wrote:
This song may have inspired Gary Numan
I dig it, sounds like some early Gary Numan. Good to see RP pushing the boundaries on lesser known tracks.
This song may have inspired Gary Numan
I dig it, sounds like some early Gary Numan. Good to see RP pushing the boundaries on lesser known tracks.
listened to that as a kid, didn't know what to think of it then and still not sure