Peavine's Burning
Ash like snow keeps coming down
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So many devastating fires in the last 5 years or so it makes you wonder ... is this natural or man-made? Is mother nature responsible or is man to blame?
From the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County; Texas in 2024 which devastated 1.1M acres to ...
The Maui wildfires of 2023 which wiped out the entire town of Lahaina and took over 100 lives ...
To the January 2025 fires in 2025 that destroyed 18,000 homes and took at least 440 lives ...
American Wildfires, natural or not, seem to be on the rise and more costly than ever.
The Reno-area fires of 2026 are no exception.
We mourn them all.
Peavine's Burning
[Verse 1]
She came home from the lights, from the noise, from the show
Found the sky the wrong color, an orange she didn't know
Said it looked like a movie, said it couldn't be real
Till she stood in the driveway and felt what fire feels
[Verse 2]
He left his brother's ballgame doing sixty down the hill
Said the dogs came before anything, and they always will
Kept looking out the window watching the flame line grow
"We gotta go right now, baby, we gotta go"
[Pre-Chorus]
Twenty square miles of Peavine Peak
Thousands of stories, thousands of streets
Half of this city holding its breath tonight
[Chorus]
Reno's burning north of town
Ash like snow keeps coming down
Thirty-two homes and still counting the cost
Somewhere out there, everything's lost
But the choppers are flying, the lines're holding fast
Twenty-seven percent — we're getting there, at last
Hawk Fire, Hawk Fire, don't take any more
This is our home, this is what we're fighting for
[Verse 3]
An old stove standing lonesome where a kitchen used to be
A teakettle in the ashes, all that's left to see
Ninety thousand people scattered, waiting for the call
That says it's safe to go home — if there's a home at all
[Bridge]
Some got lucky, house still standing
Some got nothing but a truck burned black
Sheriff says the fire didn't start on its own
But the mountain doesn't care, it just answers back
[Final Chorus]
Reno's burning north of town
Ash like snow keeps coming down
Firefighters walking into the smoke
For strangers' houses, for the ones they don't know
Hawk Fire, Hawk Fire, your work here is done
Let these people go home, let 'em see the sun
Peavine's still smoldering but the wind's died down
Bring our people home to Reno town
[Outro]
I just got what I thought I needed...
I just got what I thought I needed...
Bring 'em home. Bring 'em home.
This is original work is produced by AK Darvinson with a combination of observation, critical thinking, insight, heart, compassion, passion, creativity, and technology. All rights are reserved. Free sharing is encouraged. Commercial use via license only.
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