comb your hair paint and powder you act proud and i ll act prouder you sing loud and i ll sing louder tonight were settin the woods on fire you re my gal and i m your feller put on your new dress of yeller i ll look swell but you ll look sweller settin the woods on fire we ll take in all the honky tonks tonight we re havin fun show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done well i don t care who thinks we re silly you be daffy i ll be dilly well order up two bowls of chili settin the woods on fire i ll gas up my hot rod stroker we ll get hotter than a poker you ll be broke but i ll be broker tonight were settin the woods on fire well sit close to one another up one street and down the other we ll have us a time oh brother settin the woods on fire put a little time to fix a flat or two tires of two are doin fine but the air is showing through you clap hands and i ll start countin we ll do all the laws allowin tomorrow i ll be right back plowin settin the woods on fire settin the woods on fire