Fire at the End of the World

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Julie Christensen

Julie Christensen is an American singer, born in Iowa and resident of Ojai, California. She has worked with musicians including Leonard Cohen, Todd Rundgren, Robben Ford, Iggy Pop, Public Image Limited, Van Dyke Parks, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Steve Wynn and k.d. lang. more »

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Me and Billy, seventeen
 Sitting in class, feeling bored and mean
 In came the teacher, said we had a guest 
She introduced the sheriff, and put off the test 

He talked about pot, how folks grew their own 
Statistics were given, slides were shown 
Pills, powders, LSD
 I found out what all that would do to me 

Around here things stay pretty slow
 Hound dogs sleep in the middle of the road 
Gotta shuck the oyster to find the pearl
 And I heard about a fire at the end of the world 

Didn't know what we were doing, but we were gonna get it done 
Headed down Louisiana highway 1 
Life's a magazine the pages start to curl 
Down there by the fire at the end of the world 

Drove straight south til the road met the water 
Split a half a gram, & a hit of good blotter
 Every bit of evidence was gone 
Sitting on the hood feeling it coming on 

There it was, a gold flame in the black velvet sky
 Over the refinery so wild and high 
That's when a parish deputy appeared 
Asked what we were doing down there 

He stared at Billy, he stared at me
 I mumbled something about what we came to see 
I give the devil neither the credit or the blame 
I was just down there looking for that flame 

Sometimes you just want things to tilt and shine
 Change it up a little bit inside your mind. 
You gotta shuck the oyster to find the pearl
I heard about a fire at the end of the world

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