Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?
Never gonna find your heart's desire
Reach out your arms to the horizon
Waiting for the great Chicago fire
Have to make things worse before they're better
Did you ever get the feeling that I'm a liar
Take that curse and put it in a letter
Throw it on the great Chicago fire
Is there nothing we have learned?
Burn, baby, burn
Getting higher and higher
Burn, baby, burn
Hold your feet to the fire
Ever get the message that you're not needed
Caught between the concrete and the wire
All it takes is a spark of some desire
Then you start the great Chicago fire
Great Chicago fire!
Version 2
Well the great Chicago fire was not confined to Illinois
And just to prove to you I'm not a liar
Oh the lady must have had her Levi's soaked in gasoline
'Coz it just took a spark to start a fire
And the great Chicago fire was once in Houston
I struck the match that made the lady burn
Yes the great Chicago fire was once in Houston
Now it's some Fort Worth Texas fireman's turn
I thought she was an unassuming shy Chicago girl
And I was just a good ol' boy with time
Oh little did I know that she was heatin' up the world
And me and Houston were the first in line
Yeah the great Chicago fire was once in Houston
I struck the match that made the lady burn
And the great Chicago fire was once in Portland
Now it's some San Francisco fireman's turn
I finally heard she settled down somewhere around LA
I guess there never was a chance for us
But I still think about her almost everytime I hear
About the brush fires in Los Angeles
Yeah the great Chicago fire walked into Reno
They struck the match that made the lady burn
And the great Chicago fire was once in Denver
Lord knows I wish I had another turn
Yeah the great Chicago fire was once in Houston
I struck the match that made the lady burn
And the great Chicago fire was once in Houston
Lord knows I wish I had another turn
