The Fires of Time Songtext
von The Bellamy Brothers

First came the Garden of Eden, the Tower of Babylon
The Roman Empire fell, they found some dinosaur bones
So, with eyes wide shut, history declined
Into the burning embers, of the fires of time

There were these great crusades, to prove whose God, was right
Ladies in chastity belts, spent their days, with knights
And the sword drew blood, while the church bells chimed
And Joan of Arc, glowed in the dark, right through, the fires of time

Michelangelo was genius, with his paints, and his chisels
Still, there was war, after war, both world, and civil
As the grapes of wrath, shriveled up, on the vine
Became raisins, in the sun, in the fires of time

Oh, the fires of time, the fires of time
A wayward wind, blew the ashes, of mankind, into the fires of time
So, pop culture, was born, Norma Jean, bared her soul
A president was shot, near the grassy knoll


See the old newsreels, didn′t Jackie O, look fine?
In a black Chanel dress, walking, through the fires of time
From Buddy Holly, to Hendrix, from Hattie, to Jones
From Elvis, to Dylan, from the Beatles, to the Stones

Well, the guitars twang, and the poets rewrite
And they rocked our world, right through, the fires of time
Oh, the fires of time, the fires of time
A jumbo jet's flash, was a gas, gas, gas, right through, the fires of time

While the working man slaves, at his daily grind
With his wife and his kids, on his heart, and his mind
His politics, and religion, still intertwined
As he watches justice, slowly, go blind

And if Jesus calls, and you stay behind
Promise me one thing, sweet angel, of mine
Keep on, keeping on, before the tide goes by
Go on fannin′ the flames, of the fires of time

Oh, the fires of time, (Oh, the fires of time)
Oh, the fires of time, (Oh, the fires of time)
Get behind me Satan, my soul wants to climb
Out of the fires of time, the fires of time