Fire On The Mountain (Live) - Jimmy Cliff

Mmm Worry, oh, oh Mmm-mm There is fire on the mountain And nobody seems to be on the run Oh, there is fire on the mountaintop And no one is a-runnin' I wake up in the mornin' Tell you what I see on my TV screen I see the blood of an innocent child And everybody's watchin' Now I'm looking out my window And what do I see? I see an army of a soldier man Marching across the street, yeah Hey, Mr. Soldier man Tomorrow is the day you go to war But you are fighting for another man's cause And you don't even know him Oooh! What did he say to make you so blind To your conscience and reason? Could it be love for your country? Or for the gun you use in killing? So... there is fire on the mountain And nobody seems to be on the run Oh, there is fire on the mountaintop And no one is a-runnin' Hey, Mr. Lover man Can I get a chance to talk to you? 'Cause you are fooling with a dead man's corpse And you don't know what you do So you say you have a lover And you love her like no other So you buy her a diamond that someone has died on Don't you think there something wrong with this? Tell me! Who's responsible for what we teach our children? Is it the Internet or the stars on television? Why? Oh why? Why? Oh, Why? Oh! So little Lucy turns 16 And like the movie, she's been seen She has a lover in her daddy She can't tell nobody 'til she makes the evening news For there is fire on the mountain And there is nobody seems to be on the run Oh, there is fire on the mountaintop And no one is a-runnin', oh yes One day the river will overflow And there'll be nowhere for us to go And we will run, run Wishing we had put out the fire, oh For there is fire on the mountain, yeah, yeah And there ain't nobody seems to be on the run Nobody, nobody, oh! Oh, there is fire on the mountaintop And no one is a-runnin', so, yeah, yeah, yeah There is fire on the mountain (fire in Africa, oh) Nobody seems to be on the run (Fire everywhere, everywhere in the sea, yeah!) Fire on the mountaintop (fire in the ocean, la-da!) No one is a-runnin' Fire on the mountain (fire, fire, fire, yeah) Nobody seems to be on the run (nobody)

There's a fire on the mountain Swaying like a lonely lantern Can you see the shades As the evening fades away There's a fire in the twilight Dancing through the dark night Whispers in the wind Can you hear them calling? How does it feel to be alone? How does it feel when you're far away from home? Oohhh There's cracks on the lake It will keep you wide awake Can you hear the storm? The fire will keep you warm How does it feel to be alone? How does it feel when you're far away from home? Let your heart rest, your knees are trembling Your body has been aching for too long Open your chest it's time to start healing This is not where you belong Oohh

Long distance runner, what you standin' there for? Get up, get out, get out of the door Your playin' cold music on the barroom floor Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core. There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town Takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down. Fire! Fire on the mountain! Almost ablaze still you don't feel the heat It takes all you got just to stay on the beat. You say it's a livin', we all gotta eat But you're here alone, there's no one to compete. If Mercy's a bus'ness, I wish it for you More than just ashes when your dreams come true. Fire! Fire on the mountain! Long distance runner, what you holdin' out for? Caught in slow motion in a dash for the door. The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor You gave all you had. Why you wanna give more? The more that you give, the more it will take To the thin line beyond which you really can't fake. Fire! Fire on the mountain!

Fire on the mountain Through the fields Save yourself There's evil in the garden You don't see it I can tell How do you sleep while the city's burning? Where do you go when you can't go home? How do you drink when there's blood in the water? Where do you turn when the world moves on? When the world moves on On Fire on the mountain You can feel it against your skin You're standing by the river Let the river take you in How do you sleep while the city's burning? Where do you go when you can't go home? How do you drink when there's blood in the water? Where do you turn when the world moves on? When the world moves on When the world moves on On I see smoke out on the horizon Mama, get your baby take it down to the water I feel the wind like a promise broken I see the future but it's getting farther I see smoke out on the horizon Mama, get your baby take it down to the water I feel the wind like a promise broken I see the future but it's getting farther How do you sleep while the city's burning? Where do you go when you can't go home? How do you drink when there's blood in the water? Where do you turn when the world moves on? When the world moves on When the world moves on On

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We are the true survivors, hanging on heaven's door We are the true love carriers, we got a lot in store We pay the price, we make the way Now there is no delay Here we come like the phoenix, through the traps and the tricks Arrival – arrival – arrival This is arrival I'm leaping like a capricorn, to the top of the rock Knowing love will keep us warm, there's nothing that we lack Like an ancient warrior, busting every barrier Here we are like the phoenix, through the traps and the tricks Arrival – arrival – arrival This is arrival Don't try to stop it, don't try to change it Don't try to stop it now (Break, Repeat) I can show you a miracle, make you light up a candle From the dust and the ashes, thunder and lightning flashes Arrival – arrival – arrival This is arrival (Repeat)