Up on the mountain Caught on the rail line
Up on the mountain Caught on the rail line
My brother, let the hard drugs be Drink your wine, smoke your weed
My brother, let the hard stuff be
* And wear your silver lining Wear it close to your skin
** But if it's the drugs, the women, the wine, the weed
The love that took everything I own Just take it all oh oh
And tell the ones you love you love them Teach only what you know, and oh
You better know it well
We drove from coast to coast Down in New Orleans
Where the levees broke You were tripping I was driving You were running
I was hiding And you know I know how that feel Don't get cheated, kid
Just sweep from your heels And if you get carried away Let the music play you through the pain
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Up on the mountain Caught on the rail line
Up on the mountain Caught on the rail line