Fire on the Mountain

Took my family away

From our 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 shifting

From 5 till 5

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 the 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 lines

The gutters of the street

Men were shot down for the sake of fun

Or just to hear the noise

Of their .44 guns

And there's fire on the mountain

Lightning in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waiting for me there

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

Fire on the mountain

Lightning in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waiting for me there

Waiting for me there