Fire On The Cross Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

They're looking for some hired guns on the Texas border 

To shoot 'em all down if they try to cross over the water 

And they've got their old white hoods and the same old orders 

To keep the dark sons away, away from their daughters 

The nights they came on horses 

Are long gone with the wind 

Now they're passing out the torches 

And they're coming back again 

There's a shotgun blast, there's a secret sign 

It's not a candle burning, it's not a Sunday night 

There's a fire on the cross 

There's a fire on the cross tonight, tonight 

There wasn't any sound but it felt like sudden thunder 

Two boards nailed together, burning bright 

He was walking by the window when he saw it, now he wonders 

Just what he's got to do to make him see, he just wants to be brothers 

The nights they came on horses 

Are long gone with the wind 

Now they're passing out the torches 

And they're coming back again 

There's a shotgun blast, there's a secret sign 

It's not a candle burning, it's not a Sunday night 

There's a fire tonight 

There's a fire on the cross tonight, tonight 

The nights they came on horses 

Are long gone with the wind 

They're passing out the torches 

They're coming back again 

There's a shotgun blast, there's a secret sign 

It's not a candle burning, it's not a Sunday night 

There's a fire on the cross 

There's a fire on the cross tonight, tonight