I was born a baby boy a long time ago

Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow

But nights they fall and settle like snow

I watched as the hillsides turned white with nowhere to go

Oh think I'm gonna start a fire

Oh think I'm gonna start a fire

Now my heart's a frozen lake where streams used to flow

Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow

Now I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows

The leaves are all golden and brown with nowhere to go

Oh think I'm gonna start a fire

Oh think I'm gonna start a fire

My skin like these boulders

Is cracking and older

With each passing year that goes

My cliff face is crumbling

Silently tumbling

Down to the water below

And if I light a match I'll be able to catch

The last sun before it goes

And oh well I think I'm gonna start a fire

Oh think I'm gonna start a fire

And oh think I'm gonna start a fire now