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The house on Auburn Street is burning to the ground,
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Fire trucks on the lawn and a crowd is gathered round,
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An apparition in a small suburban town,
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The house on Auburn Street is burning to the ground.
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Birthdays and barbecues, come on you sleepy head,
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He watched the evening news while she put us both to bed,
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Drowsing in our room, and drifting in the dark,
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In the house on Auburn Street waiting for our lives to start.
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You were the older one and I never saw you cry,
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Always the bolder one; nothing that you wouldn?t try,
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I found you on the roof shooting sparks into your veins,
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And staring vacantly across the green suburban plains.
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There were rescue missions, ultimatums and promises of love,
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They did the best they could, oh but it was never quite enough,
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Oh Oh Oh Oh.
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The sparks are flying now like fireworks in July,
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The dogs are barking now and the kids are hypnotized,
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And I should be crying now, but I'm laughing at the joke,
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Cause the house on Auburn Street is going up in smoke,
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The house on Auburn Street is going up in smoke.