Smoke is sprawling across the country as wildfires are spreading across several Western states. On Monday some parts of Minnesota had a haze and an odor from wildfire smoke coming from Canada and the Pacific Northwest, but other places have it much worse, like Montana which has had almost 1 million acres burned this summer.

We don't want to make light of this situation, but we do want to focus on it musically this morning.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that reference smoke or fire in the lyrics?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below, and thanks to listener Alanna for today's theme suggestion.

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Songs played

James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire ft. Bon Iver
The Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
Amy Winehouse - Like Smoke ft. Nas
The Kinks - Big Black Smoke
Eartha Kitt - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames
Sims - Burn It Down
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze