me and my sister jessie were walkin home from sunday school i said let s take the long way even though it s against the rules she said if daddy finds out y know there ll be hell to pay and i just said let s do it anyway then the sirens started wailin wailin down at jasper square jessie grabbed my hand and i said honey don t be scared it s just something burnin something going up in smoke it s just someone learnin something they shoulda learned long ago just some firemen or the sheriff nothin to be scared of if they ain t comin for you and i know they ain t comin for you no oh i know they ain t comin for you no trucks along the driveway hoses lyin across the lawn burnt frame of a trailer everything we had was gone and a siren wailin wailin racin daddy back to town jessie started crying i said we ll be alright now it s just something burnin something going up in smoke it s just someone learnin something they shoulda learned long ago just some firemen or the sheriff nothin to be scared of if they ain t comin for you they ain t comin for you they ain t comin for you jessie got adopted by our aunt in abilene and i ll be here in juvie till the day i turn 18 and daddy s somewhere he can t touch no one the paper called it arson but i did what had to be done it s just something burnin something going up in smoke it s just someone learnin somethin they shoulda learned long ago when sister calls i tell her it s okay i m sleepin better cause he ain t comin for you now i know he ain t comin for you no oh i know he ain t comin for you no i sleep better i sleep better cause he ain t comin for you oh i know he ain t comin for you