STOP, DROP, AND ROLL

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers (Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music/ASCAP)

because the spark falls

the wires are crossing

and the heat is thick

your mind is tossing

you’re alone, awake

a figure on the fray

because the smoke rolls

a slow train coming

and you can’t recall

when you left home and

in the room the lines

are blurring into gray

one small window swollen tight

can’t crack open to the night

you feel the singe, the choking air

no more wondering when or where

you’ve got to stop, drop, and roll

that’s all

because the flame licks

the paint is peeling

and you can’t escape

the headlong feeling

of the tick, the tock

the chances slipping away

because you bang and bang

and bang your fist

against the wall and still

the hard resistance

and there’s not a dent

you can make today

one small window, can’t jump down

too far distant from solid ground

you feel the singe, the choking air

no more wondering when or where

you’ve got to stop, drop, and roll

that’s all

because the spark falls

the wires are crossing

and the flame licks

your mind is tossing

and the tick, the tock

the chances slipping away

because you give until

there is no giving

and you lose the life

inside the living

and there’s not a shred

of reason to delay

one small break and you roll on through

choose the exit that chooses you

you do the thing you do not dare

find a pocket of clearing air

just stop, drop, and roll

that’s all

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