Jimi Hendrix Songs - Fire Lyrics

Jimi Hendrix - Fire

Jimi Hendrix - Fire Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Are You Experienced?
Released: 1967

Fire Lyrics

[DJ]
"The Jimi Hendrix experience sounding off again now,
With one of Jimi's own called 'Fire'"

You don't care for me
I don't care about that
Gotta new fool
I like it like that

[Chorus]
I have only one burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand baby
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You got to let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire

Oh shucks
Yeah

You say your mom ain't home, you can't let me in
Well, I had to before I don't need you again

[Chorus]

Ah yeah move over rover
And let Jimi take over
Yeah you know what I'm talking 'bout

That's what I'm talking about
You try to gimmie your money
You better save it babe
Save it for your rainy day

I have only one a burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Yeah let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You know what I'm talken about

Writer/s: BECK, WILLIE / WILLIAMS, JAMES L. / JONES, MARSHALL / BONNER, LEROY / PIERCE, MARVIN / MIDDLEBROOKS, RALPH / SATCHELL, CLARENCE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Fire

The main lyrics in this song ("Let me stand next to your fire") came from a time when the band had just finished a gig in the cold around Christmas, 1966. They went to bass player Noel Redding's mother's house in Folkestone, England, and when they got there, Jimi asked Redding's mother Margaret if he could "Stand next to her fire" to warm up. The family dog, a German Shepherd, lay by the fire, which inspired the line, "Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over."

This lyrical lightening bolt was a breakthrough for Hendrix, who had just started writing songs at the request of his manager Chas Chandler. Writing riffs was easy for him, and it turned out he had a talent for crafting lyrics as well, as he was able to turn a simple line into a fiery tale of lustful passion. (This story is verified in Mat Snow's Mojo story on Hendrix that ran in the October, 2006 issue.)

Hendrix is legendary for theatrics like setting his guitar on fire and playing it with his teeth (not at the same time). This was the song he was (appropriately) playing when he set it on fire for the first time. It happened at a concert in London in March 1967, two months before the Are You Experienced? album was released. Hendrix was low on the bill (below Engelbert Humperdinck), and looking to garner some media attention. When he ignited his guitar, he created a buzz that grew to a roar as his career took off.

Hendrix set fire to his guitar once again at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. At that show, he didn't do the bit during "Fire," he did it after playing "Wild Thing."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers often covered this song in their early years. They decided to play it again at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York and were accused of deliberately encouraging the rioters. While they played it, the crowd tore the place up and set fires (yes, Rome was burning). (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England)

Gary Moore covered this on his 1999 release A Different Beat. (thanks, Mike - Victoria, B.C., Canada)

In the movie Wayne's World, Wayne falls in love with the bassist from an all-girl band (Tia Carrere) after seeing them cover this song at Gasworks. (thanks, Jamin King - Puyallup, WA)