Fire + 

Fire, + 

Fire, Lord! + 

Fire gonna burn ma soul! + 

I ain’t been good, + 

I ain’t been clean⁠— + 

I been stinkin’, low-down, mean. + 

Fire, + 

Fire, Lord! + 

Fire gonna burn ma soul! + 

Tell me, brother, + 

Do you believe + 

If you wanta go to heaben + 

Got to moan an’ grieve? + 

Fire, + 

Fire, Lord! + 

Fire gonna burn ma soul! + 

I been stealin’, + 

Been tellin’ lies, + 

Had more women + 

Than Pharaoh had wives. + 

Fire, + 

Fire, Lord! + 

Fire gonna burn ma soul! + 

I means Fire, Lord! + 

Fire gonna burn ma soul! + 