Skip to content
Lyric
Dive
Public playlists
My playlists
Search
Sign in
John The Fireman
The Dan Gootner Band
Popularity ยท Low
+
๐ฌ๐ง English ยท Original
0
0
YouTube
Searching YouTube...
Lyrics
Original
Translation
Bilingual
The legend of john the fireman
Is a tale the whole town knew
He was a friend to all never touched a drop
A hero through and through
He had two purple hearts from Vietnam
But three tours had taken their toll
Nobody asked and he never shared
The demons in his soul
The whole town thought they knew the man
But they still didn't understand
The secret flame that burned in the heart of
John the fireman
It was a summer night back in eighty eight
A night that was hotter than hell
A call came in there was smoke coming out
Of a room at the old motel
When the chief called john to fight the flames
He was nowhere to be found
He left a note he was visiting friends
At a lake outside of town
The whole town thought they knew the man
But they still didn't understand
The flame that burned down deep in the heart of
John the fireman
His birthday came, a special one. He'd be turning 38
A lifetime passed the lifetime of his friends who'd met their fate
He popped a beer with his scrambled eggs. Then one turned into nine
He had a joint for lunch, he was really feeling fine
That's when those thoughts caught up with him, he went racing down that hole
Faces and names, never forgotten and only half remembered, were staring with their pleading eyes. For this time, to surrender
A charred body lay in the bathtub when they
Showed up at the scene
They knew from the smell and the color of the smoke
It was methamphetamine
When the firemen pulled that body out
There were tears in their eyes
There was no ID but they all could see
Johns pick up parked outside
The whole town thought they knew the man
But they still don't understand
The secret flame that burned in the heart of
John the fireman
The legend of john the fireman
Is a tale the town knew well
He was thirty eight when he lost his life
In the flames of that old motel
ย