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
LIGHTNIN' IN THE AIR
GOLD IN THEM HILLS
AND IT'S WAITIN'
FOR ME THERE
WE WERE
DIGGIN' AND SIFTIN'
FROM FIVE TILL FIVE
SELLIN' EVERYTHING
WE FOUND
JUST TO STAY ALIVE
GOLD FLOWED FREE
LIKE THE WHISKEY
IN THE BAR
SINNING WAS
THE BIG THING LORD AND
SATAN 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
EVENIN' TREAT
EMPTY CARTRIDGES
AND BLOOD LINES
THE GOOD EARTH
OF THE STREET
MEN WERE
SHOT DOWN FOR THE
SAKE OF FUN
OR JUST TO HEAR
THE NOISE OF THEIR
FORTY-FOUR GUNS
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
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
LIGHTNIN' IN THE AIR
GOLD IN THEM HILLS
AND IT'S WAITIN'
FOR ME THERE
WAITIN' FOR ME THERE