Joe Pug - Burn and Shine lyrics

Never had enough to be the favorite son And so I never had enough to disappoint no one Everything I ever done, I never gave too much Maybe then I coulda said that I was just washed up Oh my brother was a soldier, he was strong and true Mama said he was a member of the chosen few Well I guess he never felt he ever got his due He wrote a note and pulled a rope around his neck last June Let them burn and shine, let them burn and shine Let that last long dance just be yours and mine Let them spin their wheels, turn their pages Break their backs on a rock of ages Baby, we'll be fine Let them burn, burn and shine Well no one ever whistled when you walked by Because you never caught the corner of the public eye You left town, you got one goodbye From the sign at the front of the county line Oh yer sister was a looker, she was tall and wild She had a star-crossed lover on a moonlit mile Then she met a politician and she had his child It takes the bottom of a bottle just to make her smile Let them burn and shine, let them burn and shine Let that last long dance just be yours and mine Let them spin their wheels, turn their pages Break their backs on a rock of ages Baby, we'll be fine Let them burn, burn and shine God, the wind is blowin' hard through the backyard pines We're in the kitchen playin' cards, havin' us a time Well we never had each other and that's just fine Well we never seem to mention what we left behind Let them burn and shine, let them burn and shine Let that last long dance just be yours and mine Let them spin their wheels, turn their pages Break their backs on a rock of ages Baby, we'll be fine Let them burn, burn and shine