Rye and Fire
Get your guns
And carry them to the creek
A Colt 45 long and sleek
Crops come in
Rye comes out
Herald and shout
The fire chief stood in the yard
Said it looked like arson
I said it looked like love
Not every day in this big ol’ life
That someone tries to burn you
down
Rye and fire, rye and fire
She’s spare and tranquil
Lettin’ her heart get its fill
Crops got in
Rye came out
I left her for the miller’s daughter
She grabbed matches and fodder
And proved her love
Was stronger than hanging ropes
And jail bar hopes
Gotta forgive that crazy woman
Who loves me just like fire
She warms my heart
With her brazen attempts to put
me out
Put me on a pyre
Rye and fire, rye and fire
She’s Odessa in the night
Her love will put up a fight
Crops come in
Rye came out
The miller’s daughter went off
With the sheriff’s son
Talk of burning all done
I stay in her arms
Where I can watch her hands
And how they move
Rye and fire, rye and fire
By my side til this world gets dire
Her love won’t get tired
MUSIC AND VOCALS by Anna Schulze
from Wanna Be a Rock-Star, Can’t Play a Gui-Tar