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Red Light

words and music by Catie Curtis

Donna rode her bike up past the police station
In her bathing suit and shoes
Through the out-of-towners
Tangled up in traffic
Crying out the news

RED LIGHT ACROSS A GRAY OCEAN ITSA
FIRE ON THE BAY
LITTLE TOWN RIGHT ON THE WATER
BURNING DOWN BURNING DOWN AGAIN

Mister fire marshall suspects the landlord
Of the penny arcade
While all his plastic prizes and Rileys clamshack
Fall burning in the waves

RED LIGHT ACROSS A GRAY OCEAN ITSA
FIRE ON THE BAY
LITTLE TOWN RIGHT ON THE WATER
BURNING DOWN BURNING DOWN AGAIN


The carnival town is a roulette wheel
Everybody understands
Strangers come and try to make a fortune
Built upon the sand

RED LIGHT ACROSS A GRAY OCEAN ITSA
FIRE ON THE BAY
LITTLE TOWN RIGHT ON THE WATER
BURNING DOWN BURNING DOWN again
RED LIGHT ACROSS A GRAY OCEAN ITSA
FIRE ON THE BAY
LITTLE TOWN RIGHT ON THE WATER
BURNING DOWN BURNING DOWN AGAIN