Jailhouse Fire - Laura Veirs

Did you see that lady there they stripped her to her underwear

She took it one step further and stripped to bare

Through the rising flames and smoke

She laughed as all the police choked

And then she danced in the government pyre

The jailhouse is on fire

The jailhouse is on fire

Grabbed a guard and stole his keys

Unlocked the cells and set us free

And we ran and caught our pants on the old barbed wire

We hit the dirt, we hit the road

We jumped the fence, we kissed a toad

And we hollared at the ladies in the churchyard choir

The jailhouse is on fire

The jailhouse is on fire

I hopped a train and headed west

Free woman now just like the rest

All the hobos on the line called me a liar

The train it puffed and spewed and spat

And coal smoke billowed thick and black

And she was everywhere and rising higher

She set the jailhouse on fire

She set the jailhouse on fire

She set the jailhouse on fire