I had some schooling
But they threw me away
For being in prison and refusing to pray
but still I'm greatful
For the things that I've learned
And I learned
You gotta burn
I knew a woman that was nothing but fine
her only weakness was a gallon of wine
Come Home one evening surprised what I find
But I learned
You gotta burn across the sky like a flame
You gotta burn before they give you a name
You gotta burn until the kingdom has came
And then you learn
Some velvet morning you'll wake up and you'll find
A nest of vipers crawling out of your mind
The sun don't shine with any reason or rhyme
It's time you turned
Oh yeah, you gotta learn
You gotta burn across the sky like a flame
You gotta burn before they give you a name
You gotta burn until the kingdom has came
And then you learn
You gotta burn
You gotta burn
You gotta burn...