The Fire down below was on the ninth studio album, Night Moves by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released on October 22, 1976, by Capitol Records. It is his first studio album to credit his backing band, the Silver Bullet Band, although they only perform on five of the nine songs on the album; the other four feature backing by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. [Intro] [Verse 1] Here comes old Rosie, she's looking mighty fine Here comes hot Nancy, she's steppin' right on time There go the street lights bringin' on the night Here come the men, faces hidden from the light All through the shadows, ah they come and they go With only one thing in common They got the fire down below [Verse 2] Here come the rich man in his big long limousine Here come the poor man all you got to have is green Here come the banker and the lawyer and the cop One thing for certain it ain't never gonna stop When it all gets too heavy That's when they come and they go (They go) With only one thing in common They got the fire down below [Bridge] Yeah, it happens out in Vegas, and it happens in Moline On the blue blood streets of Boston Up in Berkeley and out in Queens And it went on yesterday and it's going on tonight Somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right [Verse 3] And he's looking out for Rosie, she's looking mighty fine And he's walking the streets for Nancy And he'll find her every time And when the street lights flicker bringing on the night Well they'll be slipping into darkness, slipping out of sight All through the midnight Watch 'em come and watch 'em go (Oh, go) With only one thing in common They got the fire down below Oh burning down below [Bridge] Yeah, it happens out in Vegas, happens in Moline On the blue blood streets of Boston Up in Berkeley and out in Queens And it went on yesterday and it's going on tonight Somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right [Verse 3] And he's looking out for Rosie, she's looking mighty fine And he's walking the streets for Nancy And he'll find her every time And when the street lights flicker bringing on the night Well they'll be slipping into darkness, slipping out of sight All through the shadows We'll watch 'em come and watch 'em go (Oh, they go) With only one thing in common They got the fire down below [Outro] Oh, they got one thing in common They got the fire down below Only got one thing in common They got the fire down below One two three