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Burn On Lyrics

Artist: Randy Newman
Album: Sail Away

There's a red moon rising
On the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's a red moon rising
ON the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

Cleveland city of light city of magic
Cleveland city of light you're calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
'Cause the Cuyahoga River
Goes smokin' through my dreams

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on
Now the Lord can make you tumble
And the Lord can make you turn
And the Lord can make you overflow
But the Lord can't make you burn

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on

Comments/Interpretations
by 劾ぇヴ on 6/7/2008 3:55am s
by MJT on 1/17/2011 3:16am Ever Since I first watched the movie "Major League" This song comes to mind when ever I hear someone mention Cleveland. It's a simple but strangly hypnotic little song. Funny Movie too. "Just a Bit outside!"
by EPA on 4/3/2011 12:06pm good thing a hollywood film comes to mind first and not river pollution, pollution to the point of being able to be SET ON FIRE. A RIVER OF FIRE!
by Erna Gold on 6/1/2011 11:11am MJT is an idiot. Doesn't he know about the shocking environmental disaster the song commemorates? It creeps me out that fools like this are allowed to vote.
by QED on 6/30/2011 7:09am I guess you people never saw Major League. That movie was a baseball classic.
by AJ on 8/5/2011 12:15pm Let's poll 1000 Americans from every region of the country, and ask them which they associate this song with more - Major League or an environmental disaster. So far, we got 3 for Major League, 2 for environmental disaster. :)
by Unit on 9/3/2011 2:24pm 4 for Major League! Go Tribe!!
by CMG on 10/4/2011 3:44pm Chalk up another one for Major League and I do know the relevance of this song. Don't really understand why MJT would be an idiot cause this song reminds him of Major League, or what relevance it has on his ability to vote. If everyone had the same train of thought as Erna there would be no reason to vote because everyone's agenda would be the same. Lighten up and enjoy life a little. Gotta go, there's a guy on the other line calling about some whitewalls.
by DD on 11/3/2011 3:06pm Major League!! Best Movie Ever
by jb on 11/8/2011 9:52am this discussion is very special. i don't understand why you can't be aware of both an environmental disaster and the movie major league. the people in cleveland are well aware of how dirty the damn river is. just let them enjoy the movie for what it is.
by dpole11 on 12/7/2011 12:11pm We in New Jersey used to talk about our beloved Passaic River the same way. I had to explain the relevance of the song to my son when we first watched the movie together when he was a youngster, and he was looking at me with this expression like, "Are you s--------g me, a river caught on fire?" Great movie, and by the way, Jesus Christ could hit a curveball.
by CS on 4/7/2012 8:12am Song reminds me of Major League first and formost. And the real story behind the river catching on fire is the fact that the fire was only about as big around as a trash can. The story grew and grew over the years. The river wasn't that polluted.

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