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Tony Iomi stumbled onto the "Heavy" concept when he cut the ends of his fingers off on a bandsaw before a gig. Taped them up dropped both base and guitar a step and a half and the metal sound was born.

[Verse 1]

I remember hearing Sabbath for the first time

When I was thirteen years old

A large field party outside Damascus

In the grips of October's cold

 

[Chorus]

Alder birch cedar boxwood pine

Who among us can deny?

We love a good fire

We love a good fire

[Verse 2]

I made eyes with a girl whose name

I can not clearly remember

Then again, that was some thirty years ago

And our words have been lost to the timber

 

[Chorus]

Alder birch cedar boxwood pine

Who among us can deny?

We love a good fire

We love a good fire

 

[Post-Chorus]

Like a babe in the woods

I knew right there that I'd been had

Like a lamb among the wolves

I knew right there that I'd been had

 

[Guitar solo]

 

[Bridge]

This rusted hatchet weighs

Much too heavy in the hand

And all across my countryside

No longer trees do stand

Sycamore, oak, and ash

Nothing in this world can ever last

Can ever last

[Verse 3]

Now a geezer's nightmare

Slowly unfolds

The sound of English rain pisses on the coals

 

[Chorus]

Alder birch cedar boxwood pine

Who among us can deny?

We love a good fire

We love a good fire

We love a good fire

Who doesn't love a good fire?