The sirens' risin'   There's a distant blues dance on a crowded street   The temperature's a-risin'   Soon you're gonna be runnin' down       Those burnin' streets, come on   The century that's hardly on its feet   And the late news breaks early   Does the sun rise from the west or from the east?   An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city      London is burnin'; don't tell the Queen   Somebody tried to speak garage and they burnt down Bethnal Green   Piccadilly's yearning, like a reggae beat    Soon you're gonna be runnin' down      Those burnin' streets, come on   And you're waitin' for your flag to be unfurled   And the late news breaks early   So how should life be lived around the world?   (If London is burnin')      An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city   Ready to face that dawn with no pity, come on!    Yeah, ah-come on (London is burnin')    Yeah, ah-come on (London is burnin')      (Soon you're gonna be run down)   (Soon you're gonna be run down)   Those burnin' streets, come on!   Does the universal cop have a beat?   And the late news breaks early   Did you ever buy that bar on Lucky Street?      An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city   Ready to face that dawn with no pity, come on!   Yeah, ah-come on (London is burnin')   Yeah, ah-come on (London is burnin')      Too many guns in this damn town   At the supermarket, you gotta duck down   Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round   (London is burnin')   There's too many guns in this damn town   (London is burnin')   Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round   (London is burnin')   Too many guns in this damn town   (London is burnin')   Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round   (London is burnin')