[Verse 1] Theres a story I must tell about my rocky mountain Belle She was everything to me my very life We had smiles and we had tears And for 27 years I had promised her someday shed be my wife With a ceremony plan I had bought a wedding band And invited all the neighbors from the farms But the day we were to wed, I was tired and stayed in bed Now the whole darn mountain side is up in arms [Chorus] Oh, theyre burning down the house I was brung up in And theyre shouting come on out and take your bride Oh, theyre burning down the house I was brung up in But what a fool Id be to go outside [Verse 2] Never thought my prairie queen would be causing such a scene And the poor old sheriff cant hold back the mob Ill admit we would have wed, but she went ahead and said When we married she was gonna quit her Theres her pappy at the gate with a loaded 38 And hes shouting come on out before I shoot Oh, I wonder if he knows Ive got on his Sunday clothes If he shoots at me goodbye to pappys suit [Chorus] [Verse 3] They brought along their lunch and I bet that whole darn bunch Think theyre gonna sit around and starve me out Here inside Ive got a cow whos a corking roast beef now So you see they dont know what its all about To me its all a joke I can stand a lot of smoke In the farmers band I used to play trombone Theyve got me in a spot, and its getting mighty hot But to me this burning shack is home sweet home
brung, darn, theyre, shouting, burning