You tell me there's an angel
In your tree
Did he say he'd come
To call on me?
For things are getting desperate
In our home
Living in the parish
Of the restless folks I know
Everybody now
Bring your family down
To the riverside
Look to the east to see
Where the fat stock the hide
Behind four walls of stone
The rich man sleeps
It's time we put
The flame torch
To their keep
Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky
Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need
To live inside
Deep in the woods
The squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came
To take me away, yeah
But what more could I do
Just to keep her warm
Than burn, burn, burn, burn down
The mission walls?
Now everybody
Bring your family down
To the riverside
Look to the east to see
Where the fat stock the hide
Behind four walls of stone
The rich man sleeps
It's time we put
The flame torch
To their keep
Burn down the mission, Lord
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky
Burn down the mission, Lord
If we're gonna stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need
To live inside