Burn Baby Burn - Daniel Johnston

A rich man and a poor man stood face to face

The poor man said to the rich man can I have a piece of cake

The rich man just laughed and threw his dog the crumbs

And the poor man stood hungry as the rich man’s dog ate

The rich man died and went to hell

And the poor man died and went to heaven

And the rich man cried a night in pain

Can I have a drink of water I’m going in an everlasting plain

The poor man stood ashore and sighed

There was no way to get to the other side

The rich man bit his lip and cried

He said I wish my soul could die

Well the rich man’s dog died and went to heaven

Because he was just a stupid animal he didn’t know wrong from right

He was just a stupid animal

Well the poor man and the rich man’s dog sat eating cake

With chocolate ice cream and soilent stake

And the rich man said for heaven’s sake

And his skin burned in a firelake

The rich man said maybe I was wrong

I guess I was just a low life scum

And I’ll suffer now for evermore

And my suffering will never be done

I wish I had been a better man

He sat wishing

And he burned and he burned and he burned

And he wished he had been a better man