Pa Sheehy The Night The School Burnt Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Jimmy's got Joanna on his shoulders
Someone spilt the Dutch gold on the TV
We're so far from ever getting older
Gazing there stars, laying on the trampoline

[Verse 2]
All this smoke but I'm not getting higher
An orange light beyond the willow tree
I could hear the sirens from the other side of town

[Chorus]
We were drinking whiskey on the night the school burnt down

[Verse 3]
More faces than you would see at communion
Gathered round to watch their fortunes turn
And as the flames werе dancing, reflecting on the crowd

[Chorus]
Wе were drinking whiskey on the night the school burnt down

[Verse 4] What a sight to see our future bright
Burning up being swallowed
Lifted by a sad delight and our silhouettes being etched into the night
Being etched into the night

[Bridge]
And when all the gone
It's just another cloudy day
Just another cloudy day
And when all the kids are gone
It's just a building in the rain
Just a building in the rain

[Outro]
Now it feels like nothing ever happened
But the truth is that everything has changes
And I still see the fire when I walk that part of town
We were drinking whiskey on the night the school burnt down
We were drinking whiskey on the night the school burnt down