We call them cool
Those hearts that have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned.

We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned.
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire
'cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall.
We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all.
They're so hell-bent on giving, walking a wire
Convinced it's not living if you stand outside the fire.

(chorus)
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.
There's this love that is burning
Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can't abide
Standing outside the fire.

*chorus*
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.

• Against The Grain
• Ain't Going Down
• Alabama Clay
• American Honky-tonk Bar Association
• Anonymous
• Burning Bridges
• Callin' Baton Rouge
• Cold Shoulder
• Cowboy Bill
• Cowboys & Angels
• Dixie Chicken
• Every Now & Then
• Everytime That It Rains
• Face to Face
• Friends in Low Places
• I Know One
• I've Got a Good Thing Going
• If Tomorrow Never Comes
• In Lonesome Dove
• Ireland
• It's Midnight Cinderella
• Kickin' & Screamin'
• Learning to Live Again
• Much Too Young
• New Way to Fly
• Night Rider's Lament
• Nobody Gets Off in This Town
• Not Counting You
• One Night a Day
• Papa Loved Mama
• Rodeo
• Rollin'
• Same Old Story
• Shameless
• She's Every Woman
• Something With a Ring to It
• Somewhere Other Than The Night
• Standing Outside The Fire
• That Ol' Wind
• That Summer
• The Beaches of Cheyenne
• The Change
• The Cowboy Song
• The Dance
• The Fever
• The Night I Called The Old Man Out
• The Night Will Only Know
• The Old Stuff
• The Red Strokes
• The River
• The Thunder Rolls
• This Aint Tennessee
• To Make You Feel My Love
• Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
• Unanswered Prayers
• Uptown Down-home Good Ol' Boy
• Victim of The Game
• Walking After Midnight
• We Bury The Hatchet
• We Shall Be Free
• What She's Doing Now
• Which One of Them
• Wild Horses
• Wolves