Editing Fire of Unknown Origin (song)

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Fire of Unknown Origin}}{{Infobox song
|title=Fire of Unknown Origin
|image=Fire of unknown origin cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|album=''[[Fire of Unknown Origin (album)|Fire of Unknown Origin]]''
|released=July 1981
|length=4:09
|writers=[[Joe Bouchard]]<br>[[Patti Smith]]<br>[[Eric Bloom]]<br>[[Albert Bouchard]]<br>[[Buck Dharma|Donald Roeser]]
|lead-vocals=Eric Bloom<br>Albert Bouchard (original)}}{{Youmay|the song|the [[Fire of Unknown Origin (album)|album]]}}
'''Fire of Unknown Origin''' is the first track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s eighth studio album, ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin (album)|Fire of Unknown Origin]]''.

== Lyrics ==
<poem style="border: 1px solid #8eb6d4; background-color: #0b0b14; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 3em; border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content">
<tabber>|-|Fire of Unknown Origin=
Death comes sweeping through the hallway
Like a lady's dress
Death comes driving down the highway
In its Sunday best

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away

Swept her up and off my wavelength
Swallowed her up
Like the ocean in a fire
So thick and grey

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away

Death comes driving, I can't do nothing
Death goes
There must be something, there must be something
That remains

''There must be something''
''There must be something''

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby
Took my baby away
|-|Agents of Fortune=
Death comes sweeping through the hallway
Like a lady's dress
Death comes driving down the highway
In its Sunday best

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
Away

Swept her up and off my wavelength
Swallowed her up
Like the ocean in a fire
Thick and grey

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
Away

Death comes driving, I can't do nothing
Death goes on
There must be something, there must be something
That remains

A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away
Away

Death made me feel sick and crazy
'Cause that fire...

A fire of unknown origin
A fire of unknown origin
A fire of unknown origin
Took my baby away</tabber>
</poem>

== Trivia ==
* This song was originally recorded during the ''[[Agents of Fortune]]'' sessions with Albert Bouchard on lead vocals. Though it did not appear on the final album, it was included as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue, labeled "Fire of Unknown Origin (Original Version)".
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