I was talking to the people that lives in town   Y'ever had the shack and your clothes burn down?   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town      Saved my baby and my wardrobe trunk   I lost everything else I had in front   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town      Standing on the streets in my sleeping gown   Watching that shack and my clothes burn down   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town      Fast asleep laying in my bed   Lord, this smoke is 'bout to kill me dead   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town      This big city's all right but I'm so far from town   A shack catches fire, you know it's got to burn down   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town      Well, the jinx overtaken us, now and carrying us down   Me and my baby got to leave this town   So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon   Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town