The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
“House Burning Down” is the 14th track on The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s final studio album, Electric Ladyland.
The song details the confrontation between the main character (assumed to be Jimi) and the riots against the Vietnam War in the late 60’s. This isn’t Jimi’s first time addressing the issue...
[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down
[Verse 1]
Well, I asked my friend, "Where is that black smoke coming from?"
He just coughed and changed the subject and said, "Oh, I think it might snow some"
So I left him sipping his tea and I jumped in my chariot
And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time
Sisters and brothers, daddies, mothers standing 'round crying
When I reached the scene, the flames were making a ghostly whine
So I stood on my horse's back and I screamed without a crack
I say, "Oh baby, why'd you burn your brother's house down?"
[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down
Down, down, down
[Verse 2]
Well, someone stepped from the crowd, he was nineteen miles high
He shouts "We're tired and disgusted, so we paint red through the sky"
I said "The truth is straight ahead so don't burn yourself instead
Try to learn instead of burn", hear what I say, yeah, yeah
So, I finally rode away but I'll never forget that day
'Cause when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way
A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace
And came and taken all the dead away
[Chorus]
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
Look at the sky turn a hell-fire red, Lord
Somebody's house is burning, down, down, down, down
[Outro]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh, baby
House Burning Down was written by Jimi Hendrix.
House Burning Down was produced by Jimi Hendrix.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience released House Burning Down on Wed Oct 16 1968.
All my songs happen on the spur of the moment. On some records you hear all this clash and bang and fanciness, but all we’re doing is laying down the guitar tracks – then we add echo here and there, but we’re not adding false electronic things. We use the same thing anyone else would, but we use it...