Fighting Fires
By: CRAWFORD
Genres
Description
A song about a content family man happy with his lot but under pressure to sell his soul to earn more and be more "successful" in other people's eyes. Sounds familiar? An observation of the stupidity of the current trend for materialism and greed - this is pissed off rock by angry not-so-young men.
Lyrics
CRAWFORD - FIGHTING FIRES My mother asked Son, Tell me when are you Gonna do something special with your life? I said, Mum I'm having fun And I'm only 42 I've got 3 kids, a good job and a lovely wife. She said Son, don’t pretend That you don’t understand, It’s about time you stood up and became a man. You should be building your Empire, But you are only fighting fires, And still fooling with a rock and roll band. The ice caps are melting and the seas are getting higher, It's not a bad thing, to be putting out fires. Those Empires have crumbled and we’ve got reality TV, Well if you don't mind, I'm just happy being me. Yeah if you don’t mind I just wanna be me. Well I smiled at her and pointed At the television screen Where another story was breaking on the news. Mother do you see those men? Tell me, which one of them, Is the role model you would like me to choose? Is it the guy with the gun? She said Don’t be stupid son. Is it the politician who brought his country to its knees? Is it the Big Brother Star Or the disgraced registrar? Or the Lord stashing cash in Belize? The ice caps are melting and the seas are getting higher, So it's not a bad thing, to be putting out fires. Those Empires have crumbled but we're on MTV, Well if you don't mind, I'm just happy being me. Yeah, if you don't mind, I'm just happy being me. Yes, I hope you don't mind, But I just wanna be me. She said You are a cynic. I said There should be a limit, To how far people go for profit or fame. But the limit’s not set, And so the line is over stepped And the creeps get everything their way. The ice caps are melting and the seas are getting higher, It's not a bad thing, to be putting out fires. Those Empires have crumbled and we’ve got reality TV, Well if you don't mind, I'm just happy being me. Yeah if you don’t mind I just wanna be me
