From the recording The Blackbird Sessions
Featuring Scott Guberman on Hammond B3 (Phil Lesh)
Lyrics
I went down to the other side of the city
Saw all God’s children standing in line for their bread
They said “Take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, (it’ll) never be the same anyway”
The Boogie man came out to get ya
Then you found out that Boogie Man, he was kin
You said “Take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, (it’ll) never be the same anyway”
Burn It
You run away but that leaves you chasing yourself ‘round
Your dreams might fly if they weren’t anchored to the ground
I say “Take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down”
“Take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, take that house and burn it down, (it’ll) never be the same anyway”