From the recording When You Are Five
This one is a true story. A repressed memory that came back in full color from the year when Don was 5 years old. A Fire raged near a very small country town, where no fire department, or public services existed. Neighbors did the best they could, but the song tells the rest of the story.
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Lyrics
When you are Five
Don McNatt
The whole house was on fire
All the windows were lit
They said they got everybody out, that they were going to get
They said Old Mr Anderson, he must have slept through it all
He never felt those flames, and he’s gone now
And That’s All
CHORUS _________________________________________________
But I saw I saw him in that window
He was trying to break free
And I yelled and I screamed, “ Somebody please help him!”
But nobody would hear me
And I felt like Mr Anderson, Nobody knew we were alive
Nobody pays attention, when you’re old, or when you’re Five_________
My whole heart was on fire
And I’ll never forget
The sight of that little white farmhouse
And the night sky that it lit
CHORUS
After that, I didn’t trust many people that were over four feet high
Just knew they didn’t trust me, and I didn’t know why
And I felt like Mr Anderson, nobody knew we were alive
Nobody pays attention, when you’re old, or when you’re 5 CHORUS