Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Books Are Burning , by - XTC. Release date: 31.12.2000
Song language: English
Books Are Burning |
| Books are burning in the main square |
| And I saw there, the fire eating the text |
| Books are burning in the still air |
| And you know where they burn books, people are next |
| I believe the printed word should be forgiven |
| Doesn’t matter what it said |
| Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living |
| Key to the larder for your heart and your head |
| Books are burning in our own town |
| Watch us turn 'round and cast our glances elsewhere |
| Books are burning in the playground |
| Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair |
| Well, I believe the printed word is more than sacred |
| Beyond the gauge of good or bad |
| The human right to let your soul fly free and naked |
| Above the violence of the fearful and sad |
| The church of matches |
| Anoints in ignorance with gasoline |
| The church of matches |
| Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams, it’s quite obscene |
| Books are burning, more each day now |
| And I pray now, you boys will tire of these games |
| Books are burning, I hope somehow |
| This will allow, a phoenix up from the flames |