Good evening ladies and gents, I'm Ridley Bent*
And I just had a crazy couple days and this is how they went
We were puttin' on a barn dance over in Cloverdale
The band I hired was hotter than a Mexican jail
We went on at midnight; we cooked the place ‘till dawn
When a guitar lick caught on fire in the middle of our last song
Burnin' barns down all over town
Well luckily for us we got the gear into the bus without a scratch
We're all good people so no doubt a few angels have got our backs
We're burning barns down all over town, can't help it
Burnin' barns down all over town
Yeah a couple days off before we opened up for George Strait
And one of our very good friends took us out for $50 steaks
Yeah, he showed us his warehouse full of vintage gear
He said “What's mine is yours long as they don't go far from here.”
We all sat around and played everything he had
When we broke into “Ring of Fire” lightening struck us dead
Burnin' barns down all over town
Luckily for us the law's convinced we didn't break the rules
And even luckier is the fact that our agent hasn't booked us any schools
We've been burning down all over town
It was electrical!
Burnin' barns down all over town
Yeah we've been burnin' barns down all over town