[Verse]
Never start a campfire in the front room
Smoke will climb like a ghost in the gloom
Ashes dance
But they don’t keep tune
[Chorus]
The campfire blues
Oh the campfire blues
Burnin’ up the night
Burnin’ up my shoes
You should know what happens
You should know it’s true
[Verse 2]
Carpet’s smolderin’
It’s got no flameproof soul
Grandma’s quilt’s now a blackened hole
And the smell
It clings like it’s got no goal
[Prechorus]
You think you’re warm
But you’re just in trouble
[Chorus]
The campfire blues
Oh the campfire blues
Burnin’ up the night
Burnin’ up my shoes
You should know what happens
You should know it’s true
[Bridge]
You’ll call the fireman
But they won’t laugh
They’ll bring their hoses
They’ll bring their wrath
Your neighbors will whisper
“Who does that?”