City On Fire

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City On Fire#0

Posted: 11/28/05 at 10:21pm

i've been looking for a long time, does anyone have the lyrics to City on Fire?

or is that not allowed on the boards anymore... i forget...

much appreciated

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[TheatreSlave]

re: City On Fire#1

Posted: 11/28/05 at 11:55pm

Aren't the lyrics in the liner notes on the OBC?

"We are all misfits, I guess, in the theatre. Otherwise we wouldn't be here." ~Michael Kandel, "Ogre"

[pab]

re: City On Fire#2

Posted: 11/29/05 at 12:21am

City on fire!
Rats in the grass
And the lunatics yelling in the streets!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
City on fire!
Hunchbacks dancing!
Stirrings in the ground
And the whirring of giant wings!
Watch out!
Look!
Blotting out the moonlight,
Thick black rain falling on the
City on fire!
City on fire!
City on fire!

City on fire!
Rats in the streets
And the lunatics yelling at the moon!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
City on fire!
Hunchbacks kissing!
Stirrings in the graves
And the screaming of giant winds!
Watch out! Look!
Crawling on the chimneys,
Great black crows screeching at the
City on fire!
City on fire!
City on fire!

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Updated On: 11/29/05 at 12:21 AM

[Wes1982]

re: City On Fire#3

Posted: 11/29/05 at 2:30am

I love this version of Sweeney.

[paradox_error]

re: City On Fire#4

Posted: 11/29/05 at 5:41am

One of the hardest choral songs ever written...

[rockfenris2005]

re: City On Fire#5

Posted: 11/29/05 at 6:35am

Those lyrics are absolutely f*cking amazing. I'll say it once, and I'll say it a thousand times: I just cannot digest his genious and inspiration

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

[touchmeinthemorning]

re: City On Fire#6

Posted: 11/29/05 at 9:34am

What make those lyrics so great are that they are set up against the beggar woman's cries to find the Beadle. It's guh-reat!

"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'" -- unknown

[kgee30]

re: City On Fire#7

Posted: 11/29/05 at 10:24am

Fabulous. Fabulous. Fabulous. Even the songs I don't like, I somehow love.