[verse one] strike the match and light a fire watch the kindling catch and climb every hearth was once a spark every flame was dark one time [shout] walk the fire! [verse two] fire in your heart will drive you burns the doubt right off your chest feed it steady, let it guide you fire in the heart beats best [shout] walk the fire! [verse three] be fire, walk in fiery let the room feel you arrive heat ain't arrogance, it's ready fire means that you're alive [shout] walk the fire! [verse four] fire off at the mouth, go on then watch your words go up in smoke say it hot, you'll stand there coughin fire's funny till you choke [shout] walk the fire! [verse five] fire your man on monday morning sign the paper, clear his chair gettin fired without a warnin fire's cold, it don't play fair [shout] walk the fire! [verse six] fire a weapon, hear the thunder every bullet's got a name fire once and there's no wonder can't rewind a fired flame [shout] walk the fire! [verse seven] fiery girlfriend keeps me guessin warm as june and wild as march love's a fire, that's the blessin mind the flames around the heart [shout] walk the fire! [chorus] use your fire and don't get burned every flame's a lesson learned hold it close but hold it light fire's yours if you treat it right [bridge] full fire in the furnace, stoke it slow bank the coals and let 'em glow too much air and she'll run wild tend your fire like you'd tend a child [outro] use your fire and don't get burned that's the line, now the lesson's learned