Burn a candle set a light   Keep on going against the stream   Be as mean as mean can be   As long as you're not to extreme   Read the papers watch the news   Be informed an get the blues   Collect your garbage use the subway   Swaying you stay on the roof   Search for solutions for the future   Find resources drill for oil   Raise some powerplants and then   Burry them under the soil   Rome is burning the emperor sings   Waiting for what time may bring   His body caressed by the virgins   Laughing shy he turns around   And spits into the fire      And hopes that he can calm it down   Fight the flames with words   Cause they're cheaper than water   Thinking he can heal the world   But the only thing he really does   Is sitting on a sofa   And spit into the fire      Rabbits hopping on the green   And jump directly in your pan   Turtles transform into soup   Enjoy them as long as you can   Silent sitting writing songs   'bout all the idiots that pretend   That their words can change the world   I think I'm right but in the end   I spit into the fire      And hope that I can calm it down   Fight the flames with words   Cause they're cheaper than water   Thinking I can heal the world   But the only thing I really do   Is sitting on a sofa   And spit into the fire   And spit into the fire   Spit into it