by Sam Phillips
from Zero Zero Zero (1999)
MP3 no longer available for download
3.0 MB download; 2:39 running time)
written by Sam Phillips
original version was on The Indescribable Wow (1988)
Flame why do I come so close to you
Vain telling me what I shouldn't do
I saw you smoldering before
I let him draw me to the floor
oh Flame
Flame why do you paralyze my soul
Pain if I hold you won’t let go
There’s nothing bluer than your heat
you make the night break at your feet
oh Flame
Break my fall into this wildfire of love
Stolen from dream
Flame why do I dance so close to you
Stained with the longing of a fool
When fires rise the shadows fall
over the edges where we crawl
oh Flame
Flame flame oh
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Personnel:
Sam Phillips—vocals (and acoustic guitar? she rarely credits herself for anything)
T Bone Burnett—guitars
Alex Acuña—percussion
Buell Niedlinger—string bass
Ralph Forbes—loops
(credits are from Zero Zero Zero; The Indescribable Wow lists names only; I don’t think there are any loops on this song, though I listed Ralph Forbes anyway)