Long distance runner, what you standing there for?
Get up, get out, get out of the door
You're playing 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!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
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 living, we all gotta eat
But you're here alone, there's no one to compete
If mercy's a business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true

Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!

Long distance runner, what you holding out for?
Caught in slow motion in a dash to 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! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!


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Fire on the Mountain Lyrics as written by Robert C. Christie Hunter Michael S. Hart

Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    It's kind of interesting. I like playing this song with my friend, it's only two chords. So, when I first learned it and read the lyrics it didn't mean much to me. I've realized that at diferant points in my life it has taken slightly differant meanings. I was just re-reading it the other night and it suddenly dawned on me that I think this song is about trying too hard for something, anything. You gave all you had why you want to give more, the more that you give the more it will take. It's almost like saying if you don't slow down your gonna go insane, you can never give enough. My friend says it's about ambition. Maybe next year it will have a differant meaning for me. Great Song !!

    TrueIntuitionon June 15, 2005   Link

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