Burnin' in L.A. - Lighnin' Hopkins

Just look at the people

Whoa just look at the peoples I got over here

I said just look at the people

Just look at the peoples I got over here

You know a little sixteen-year-old girl come to me talked and said Lightnin'

Would you take me for your souvenir?

You know they had a big fire down in L. A

All them buildings is burnin' down

Oh they had a big fire down in L. A

(well in Beverly Hills or somewhere a little close)

All them buildings is burnin' down

You know they was lookin' for the fire trucks

And in time none of 'em would come around

(Po' children were runnin' and cryin'…

They couldn’t help themselves, they was talkin' too…)

You gotta get this lesson, children

You gotta get it from the book

Talkin' about the things you buy raw

Them is things you gotta cook

Mama say she was hungry

Round about ten o’clock

That was the time the world

Was beginnin' to get on a rock

That was the burnin' down in L. A

All them buildings was burnin' down

Well you know they didn’t have enough water to put out the fire

250-some home they got burnin' down