Took my family away from my Carolina home
Had dreams about the wasteland, started to roam ..
Six long months on a dust covered trail
They say heavens at the end, but so far its been the devils playground ..
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there.
We were diggin' and siftin' from 5 to 5
Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive
Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bar.
Sinnin' was the big thing lord and, sin was the star.
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there.
Dance hall girls were the evening treat.
Empty cartridges and bloodlines of the gooders of the street
Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Or to hear the noise of their 44 gun
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' 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
Lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there.