The Mountain (Live) - Steve Earle

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)

I went up to the mountain Because you asked me to Up over the clouds To where the sky was blue I could see all around me Everywhere I could see all around me Everywhere Sometimes I feel like I've never been nothing but tired And I'll be walking 'Til the day I expire Sometimes I lay down No more can I do But then I go on again Because you ask me to Some days I look down Afraid I will fall And though the sun shines I see nothing at all Then I hear your sweet voice, oh Oh, come and then go, come and then go Telling me softly You love me so The peaceful valley Just over the mountain The peaceful valley Few come to know I may never get there Ever in this lifetime But sooner or later It's there I will go Sooner or later It's there I will go

For every mountain (for every mountain) You brought me over (you brought me over) For every trial (for every trial). You've seen me (you've seen me through) For every blessing (every blessing). Say Hallelujah (Hallelujah) For this I give you (I give) praise

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was nothin' anyone could do or say And I almost listened to him Yeah, I almost lost my mind Then I regained my senses again And looked into my heart to find That I believe that one fine day all the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem Well maybe I'm only dreamin' and maybe I'm just a fool But I don't remember learnin' how to hate in Sunday school But somewhere along the way I strayed and I never looked back again But I still find some comfort now and then Then the storm comes rumblin' in And I can't lay me down And the drums are drummin' again And I can't stand the sound But I believe there'll come a day when the lion and the lamb Will lie down in peace together in Jerusalem And there'll be no barricades then There'll be no wire or walls And we can wash all this blood from our hands And all this hatred from our souls And I believe that on that day all the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man And I come from County Clare And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian So I took me leave of there And I crossed the ocean in the Arrianne The vilest tub afloat And the captain's brother was a railroad man And he met us the boat So I joined up with the 20th Maine Like I said my friend I'm a fighting man And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain And we're all goin' down to Dixieland I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And we fight for Chamberlain 'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came Like a banshee on the wind When the smoke cleared out of Gettysburg Many a mother wept For many a good boy died there, sure And the air smelted just like death I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I'd march to hell and back again For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain We're all goin' down to Dixieland I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I damn all gentlemen Whose only worth is their father's name And the sweat of a workin' man Well we come from the farms and the city streets And a hundred foreign lands And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man And I'll not be back this way again 'Cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland

If you're all alone And you need someone Call me up And I'll come running Reconsider me Reconsider me If it's still the past That makes you doubt Darlin', that was then And this is now Reconsider me Reconsider me And I'll never make you sad again Cause I swear that I've changed since then And I promise that I'll never make you cry Let's let bygones Be forgotten Reconsider me Reconsider me You can go and be What you want to be And it'll be alright If we disagree I'm the one who cares And I hope you'll see That I'm the one who loves you Reconsider me Let's let bygones Be forgotten Reconsider me Reconsider me And I'll never make you sad again 'Cause I swear I've changed since then And I'll never make you sorry if you'll try And I'll never make you sad again 'Cause I swear that I've changed since then And I promise that I'll never make you cry

Keep your eyes on them rolling wheels 15 solid forward gears They glide like butterflies down the highway They'll move you down the line They'll bring you home in time They'll sing you songs of love returning Oh, our brother's gone away Now he can't play like he used to But his words still ring true They curl like dust clouds on the roadside He's been broken by a heart But still does not live apart From all the sorrow he has shown me Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To walk you to the county line To see you shining in your time Don't you wish there was a way? Like a kid who's been out throwing stones Into a river close to home I've taught myself to trust the melody So I sing when I've got the time First to lose and then to find If I don't make it, don't you worry Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To walk you to the county line To see you shining in your time Don't you wish there was a way? Oh, our brother's gone away Don't you wish that he could stay? To see you finally settled down To see your children gathered round Don't you wish there was a way?