June had dark eyes she was a maker of the rain One side of her wild the other still like the plains She had smoke on her breath and a light on her face That said, "I don't want to be a stone no more" Well the full moon was high hangin' clear the air was sweet And the road was full of promise like the wheels at her feet So she stole that old Mustang took it 'round to her boyfriend's And said, "I know a place we can go"
It's a long, long ride to the next town boy If you want to start something new Givе me just a little and I'll give it back to you
Ooh, firе in the streets tonight Ooh, fire in the streets tonight
Well they drove all night into a pale pink dawn Across the great salt plains, through the eye of the storm Across the rivers and the deserts and the great divide Fast as lightnin' on a midnight mile And they snuck into the back streets of a backwater town And they idled at the gas station nobody round But then a voice came loud sayin', "Hands in the air Turn the engine off and step outside"
It's a long, long ride to the next town boy If you want to start something new Give me just a little and I'll give it back to you
Ooh, fire in the streets tonight Ooh, fire in the streets tonight, yeah
Well they raced through the night June was mad as a loon And she laughed like thunder, and she howled at the moon They flew across the interstate runnin' from the law She said, "Now I ain't a stone no more" And the road was black and slick like oil across the lake And they overshot a corner, smashed right through the gate And they leapt into the sky, and they floated off the ground And they steered towards the heavens and they still ain't come back down
Ooh, fire in the streets tonight Ooh, fire in the streets tonight Ooh, fire in the streets tonight Ooh, fire in the streets tonight