No junk food, just earthly goods
I ate weird berries in the woods
Now I'm seeing colors, I'm getting higher
I think I'll start a forest fire

There's a forest fire climbin' the hill
Burning wealthy California homes
Better run run run run run run from the fire

But some of us stay and watch
And we think of your insurance costs
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh at your lives

Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a fortress?
Against the rest of the world

Windows covered with bars
Security guards
Is that a house or a prison, how you gonna get out?

Electric bull and your tennis courts
Pink sports cars and your boats
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried by the fire

Windows covered with bars
Floodlights for the yard
It's a pleasure to watch you
Watch it all melt

But hey!
What about the cocaine
Stockpiled in the basement?
Be a hero and save it
You know you're gonna need it

Where's your brand new pretty wife?
She might still be inside
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire

But the gates and doors are locked
'Cause the burglar alarms went off
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh at your lives?

Windows covered with bars
Fences spiked with barbed wire
Never looked so helpless
Engulfed in flames

Cameras watchin' the walls
Don't forget the dogs
Now you're trapped in your prison how you gonna get out?

Yee-ah!
See the gerbil run run run run run run run run run
Run run run run run run run run run
Run run run run run run run run run from the fire


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Forest Fire Lyrics as written by Jello Biafra

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    Destroying the bastions that the incredibly rich elite insulate themselves from the world in; breaking down the material manifestation of the escapist isolation of wealth.

    And deep down we feel almost more sorry for these rich people than resentful, because seeing all their material shit go up in flames must be a sobering revelation for them on how badly they missed what is really important in life, and how trapped they are by their own paranoia and greed... so we laugh at them.

    I came across the video searching for live footage on daily motion one day, and it was labeled as an event for swedish TV or something like that. I wasn't paying close attention, and suddenly Jello was in his underwear. I did a complete double-take, but it was one of the most bleeding hilarious things I'd ever seen. I highly recommend watching it, in fact, I'm gonna watch it again because I need a laugh :P

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