-- Horatio Algeranon's rendition of The Marshall Tucker Band's "Fire on the Mountain"
Took our fam'lies away from our low-carbon days
Had dreams about the best, and joined the fuelish ways
100 plus years on an oil-covered trail
They say Heaven's at the end
But it's looking like Hell
And there's fire on the mountain
Carbon in the air
Oil in them spills and it's waiting for you there
We were drilling and fracking, every hour and day
Spoiling ev'rything around to make it pay and pay
Oil flowed free in the houses and the cars
Wasting was the big Oil Lord
And Carbon was the star
And there's fire on the mountain
Carbon in the air
Oil in them spills and it's waiting for you there
Strip mall whirls were the evening treat
Empty packages and food lined the gutters of the street
Cars were bought up for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise of a sports-car run
And there's fire on the mountain
Carbon in in the air
Oil in them spills and it's waiting for you there
Now my grandchild, curses by my grave
Tears flow free for a world I could have saved
Heated up in warm air by a stack that carried flame
All for a useless and no good worthless claim
And there's fire on the mountain
Carbon in the air
Oil in them spills and it's waiting for you there
Fire on the mountain
Carbon in the air
Oil in them spills and it's waiting for you there
Waiting for you there....
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