LIGHT THAT FIRE TONIGHT (key E) (Don Hooper © 2006)

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1. This hole ain’t getting’ any deeper

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But I’m workin twice as hard

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I swear I’m digging a hole to China in the middle of my

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backyard

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And these bricks I got from my daddy

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He was goin’ to throw them away

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But they will line this hole just as good as gold

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So we can burn our blues away

Chorus:

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We’re gonna light that fire tonight

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Sing that lonesome song – sing it right

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Johnny Cash won’t you come back – and sit with us ae-

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while

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We’re gonna light up the sky- tonight

(instrumental 2nd part of verse) 

2. Got the burgers ready - I’m a hot dog man

Got a poked-up barrel of suds

You can have all your fancy ales my friend – ‘cause all I drink is bud 

And I just quit smoking for the seventh time

So the only smoke I’ll abide

Is on a hickory log that needs some turnin’

Let it burn on the other side

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:

Shorty’s got the boom box, says it’s country all the way

Five pickups in the driveway – yeah we take this seriously

(Repeat Chorus)

We’re gonna light up the sky tonight