Burning House of Love
by X

Album: Ain't Love Grand (1985)
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  • Drive by my house late at night
    You can see from the freeway above
    No silhouette, but a light left on
    Burning there for love
    Burning there for love

    Smoke is rising from the fire
    Coming out my back door
    I'm inside, sound asleep
    Cigarette on the floor
    Burning there for love
    Burning there for love

    Well, I can still remember
    A couple of years ago
    When the smoke and flame called my name
    It was a burning house of love
    Yeah, a burning house of love
    A burning house of love

    Burning house of love
    Burning house of love

    Oh, I can still remember
    A couple of years ago
    When the smoke and flame called my name
    Was a burning house of love
    Yeah, a burning house of love
    A burning house of love

    The rusty nail over our front door
    Is where I hung our tears in the rain
    I threw that horseshoe into the weeds
    I'll see what luck can bring
    I'll see what luck can bring

    Now, you're in your bed and I'm in mine
    On either side of town
    I think I might take a ride
    And burn your love house down
    Like a burning house of love
    Burning house of love

    I can still remember
    A couple of years ago
    When the smoke and flame called my name
    Was a burning house of love
    Yeah, a burning house of love
    A burning house of love

    Burning house of love
    Burning house of love
    Burning house of love
    Burning house of love Writer/s: Exene Cervenka, John Nommensen
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 1

  • John from Los AngelesOne of the best things about X is they respect their audience to use their imaginations. On this song, there are a lot lf lyrics that describe half a picture, and they leave it to us to fill in the blanks. I love the lyrics about the horseshoe. Like the guy was close to the end of a relationship, and in this song, he really reached the end.
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