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Artist: Phil Ochs
Canonical path: /phil-ochs/firehouse-35
Related lyric paths: 6
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Firehouse 35
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Firehouse 35
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Ive often wondered why, as a fireman races by,
How often have I said, "why are fire engines red? "
Just ask the boys in firehouse 35
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Singin firehouse thirty five, firehouse thirty five
In between all the fires they are quenchin their desires,
Theres a hot time in firehouse thirty five.
Its a sin and its a shame, I thought checkers was their game,
But I found to my suprise why theres fire in their eyes,
Just ask the boys in firehouse 35.
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Its a fire marshalls dream, they blow away their steam,
But to make them leave their charms you need four or five alarms,
Just ask the boys in firehouse 35.
(chorus)
So heres a root and heres a toot for the gals of ill repute,
At last it can be told why theyre racin up those poles,
Just ask the boys in firehouse 35.
(chorus)
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Phil Ochs performs "Firehouse 35", and this lyric page sits inside the Phil Ochs catalog on LyroVerse.
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