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Playin' With Fire

from Hangin' Out by Berglund & Bonafede

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Dave: God, how many people will we lose to this demon that tempts the lives of all of us? Addiction is a terrible thing.
Frank: Our anti-drug song. Coincidentally, a day before one of our recording sessions for this song a former major league ballplayer, Ken Caminiti, died of a heart attack at age 41 brought on by years of cocaine, steroids and alcohol abuse. Just as the song says “when you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned.”

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Playin’ With Fire

Hey, can you help me
Got a monkey on my back
Too many demons
And I’m fallin’ through the cracks
Lines of white
They don’t mean ya no harm
Lying on the tracks
With a needle in your arm

Don’t you know, you’re playin’ with fire
Throwing away all you’ve earned
Don’t you know, you can’t get higher
Playin’ with fire, you just get burned

Hey, what can I do
Can’t stop the cravin’
All day and night
Everyone’s rantin’ and ravin’
Just one more hit
Gotta take off the edge
Need to get myself fixed
Or I’ll fall off of this ledge

Don’t you know, you’re playin’ with fire
Throwing away all you’ve earned
Don’t you know, you can’t get higher
Playin’ with fire, you just get burned


Strung out like birds on a wire
You can’t stop playin’ with fire
Higher is your desire
But when you play with fire……………….you’re gonna get burned

Don’t go playin’ with fire……………………………………………………


© 2004 Berglund/Bonafede

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from Hangin' Out, released March 26, 2006
Dave Berglund: Guitars, vocals, lyrics
Frank Bonafede: Keyboards, lyrics

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