Lyrics to
Fire In The Hole

This version of Fire In The Hole was released by Steely Dan in 1972.

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I decline
To walk the line
They tell me that I’m lazy
Worldly wise
I realize
That everybody’s crazy
A woman’s voice reminds me
To serve and not to speak
Am I myself or just another freak

Don’t you know
There’s fire in the hole
And nothing left to burn
I’d like to run out now
There’s nowhere left to turn

With a cough
I shake it off
And work around my yellow stripe
Should I hide
And eat my pride
Or wait until it’s good and ripe
My life is boiling over
It’s happened once before
I wish someone would open up the door

Don’t you know
There’s fire in the hole
And nothing left to burn
I’d like to run out now
There’s nowhere left to turn

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About Lyrics and Fire In The Hole by Steely Dan

The lyrics for Fire In The Hole are defined as the words making up the song released by Steely Dan in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Fire In The Hole have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Steely Dan and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Fire In The Hole by Steely Dan if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Fire In The Hole" means the words set to the music of Fire In The Hole, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steely Dan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Fire In The Hole and the lyrics to Fire In The Hole are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steely Dan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fire In The Hole, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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