City Boy - The Day the Earth Caught Fire

City Boy The Day the Eath Caught Fire From The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1979 The day the Earth caught fire We stood outside the world was laughing And in the city square They cast umbrellas to the sky The sun above my head was burning greedy red The horns began to blow “Three Cheers for Jericho“ The first evacuee I was headed for the sea, I saw them The roadside refugees The boys with bloody knees who waved Abandoned cars that lay too tired to drive away “A World in Flames Today“ was all the papers Had to say