The Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain lyrics

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Took my fam'ly away from our Carolina home <br />Had dreams about the west and started to roam <br />Six long months on a dust covered trail <br />They say heaven's at the end <br />But so far it's been hell <br /> <br />And there's fire on the mountain <br />Lightening in the air <br />Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there <br /> <br />We were digging and sifting from five to five <br />Selling ev'rything we found just to stay alive <br />Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars <br />Sinning was the big thin Lord <br />And satan was the star <br /> <br />And there's fire on the mountain <br />Lightening in the air <br />Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there <br /> <br />Dance hall girls were the evening treat <br />Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street <br />Men were shot down for the sake of fun <br />Or just to hear the noise of their 44 guns <br /> <br />And there's fire on the mountain <br />Lightening in the air <br />Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there <br /> <br />Now my widow, she weeps by my grave <br />Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save <br />Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame <br />All for a useless and no good worthless claim <br /> <br />And there's fire on the mountain <br />Lightening in the air <br />Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there<br /><br />