Velvet Goldmine - Baby's On Fire lyrics

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Baby's on fire<br />

Better throw her in the water<br />

Look at her laughing<br />

Like a heifer to the slaughter<br />

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Baby's on fire<br />

And all the laughing boys are bitching<br />

Waiting for photos<br />

Oh, the plot is so bewitching<br />

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Rescuers row, row<br />

Do your best to change the subject<br />

Blow the wind blow, blow<br />

Lend some assistance to the object<br />

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Photographers snip, snap<br />

Take your time, she's only burning<br />

This kind of experience<br />

Is necessary for her learning<br />

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If you'll be my flotsam<br />

I could be half the man I used to<br />

They said you were hot stuff<br />

And that's what baby's been reduced to<br />

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Juanita and Juan<br />

Very clever with maracas<br />

Making their fortunes<br />

Selling secondhand tobaccos<br />

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Juan dances at Chico's<br />

And when the clients are evicted<br />

He empties the ashtrays<br />

And pockets all that he's collected<br />

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But baby's on fire<br />

And all the instruments agree that<br />

Her temperature's rising<br />

But any idiot would know that