Intro/ / Big smoke, standing in the mornin’ Big smoke, pointed at the sky Big smoke, take away our brother Lift him up and show us how to fly Big smoke, louder than the thunder Big smoke, taller than the storm Big smoke, rise above these troubles Lift us up and keep us safe and warm And I don’t know why we ride on the flames ‘Cause sometimes we’re riding blind All I know is the future is waiting Out there for us to find Big smoke, ten thousand years of building Big smoke, all the careful plans Big smoke, good imagination Lifted by a billion steady hands And I don’t know why we ride on the flames ‘Cause sometimes we’re riding blind All I know is the future is waiting Out there for us to find Big smoke, no one says it’s easy Big smoke, more fragile than you seem Big smoke, carries precious cargo Show us how to live and how to dream Oh, and big smoke carry precious cargo Show us how to live and how to dream