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 flam
You gotta burn before they give you a name You gotta burn until the kingdom has came And they 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 learn You gotta learn