Learn To Burn

by Robert Forster

From the album: Songs to Play

Track 1 of 10 on Songs to Play (2015).

Duration: 4:35

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Lyrics for Learn To Burn

Dimes a signal and you wait for changes And the problem is you know I got no patience I've got no desire to be the fourth person in line It's a problem that I try to counter So I learn to burn using much less matter But it means I turn off the thing that keeps me alive Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up I'm standing at the station waiting for someone to flag me And tell me that I can go So now you know Well I'll stop for petrol and I'll stop for Dylan But that's the limit when I get moving Everywhere I go you know I gotta get there first Well she gives me kisses and she gives me squeezes And she knows the back streets of the foreign cities Where you get to see things you've never ever seen before So turn it up, turn it up, turn it up I'm standing at a landing and as far as I can see The band is ready to blow So now you know I'll disappoint you and I'll let you down I'm not the joker, I'm the sheriff of this town And I've got some information I'd love to get around I mistook Memphis for a house in Surrey You can miss detail when you're in a hurry A passing smile, well it makes no sound I open presents before Christmas For my crimes she's a witness Seen me in good times, known me in bad So turn it up, turn it up, turn it up I'm waiting for the volume in my life to hit a metre And make it glow So now you know So now you know

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