World Catch Fire - John Francis

«Surrender!"sang the nightingale, peeled his paint chipped windowsill

He took at as an omen and a sign to leave his window open all the time

«Mary Full of Grace,"he prayed as he drank every dime he made

Wait to watch the sunset at horizon like a light

Like a giant matchstick strikes the sky

He watched this whole world, world catch fire

Victor raised on Mercy Street stickball in the city heat

Fireworks displayed out on the Fourth of July

He got his father’s drugs and his mother’s pride

Got HIV in '89 at a party down on 3rd and Vine

Now he sells his body down on Juniper and Pine

Look through you with is clear blue eyes

And watch this whole world, world catch fire

Oil slick and silver sleeves sedatives and TV scream

Lady Justice in the stable where the table sat to dine

But she’s breaking bread with the swine

And the crooked king makes paupers bleed

«God bless his guns,"the papers read

Glory, glory, glory!

War and love are fair and blind

Close your eyes and pledge allegiance to prime time

And watch this whole world, world catch fire

Isabella she was a refugee in Philadelphia’s new century

Met her husband Diego on the unemployment line

He did not speak ingles and his face was cut

And Diego worked in the factories 'til recruited overseas

With a promise they placed him to the firing line

He died with one question in his mind

How did this whole world, world catch fire?

How did this whole world, world catch fire?