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Fire On The Mountain Lyrics By The Marshall Tucker Band

    took my family away from my carolina home
    had dreams about the west and started to roam
    six long months on a dust covered trail
    they say heaven’s at the end but so far it’s been hell

    and there’s fire on the mountain lightning in the air
    gold in them hills and it’s waiting for me there

    we were digging and sifting from five to five
    selling everything we found just to stay alive
    gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
    sinning was the big thing lord and satan was his star

    and there’s fire on the mountain
    lightning in the air
    gold in them hills and it’s waiting for me there

    dance hall girls were the evening treat
    empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street
    men were shot down for the sake of fun
    or just to hear the noise of their fortyfour guns

    and there’s fire on the mountain
    lightning in the air
    gold in them hills and it’s waiting for me there

    4
    now my widow she weeps by my grave
    tears flow free for her man she couldn’t save
    shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame
    all for a useless and no good worthless claim

    and there’s fire on the mountain
    lightning in the air
    gold in them hills and it’s waiting for me there
    and there’s fire on the mountain
    lightning in the air
    gold in them hills and it’s waiting for me there

    Artist: The Marshall Tucker Band

    Year: 1975

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 119