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Grateful Dead [1080p Remaster] Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, Ca. August 17, 1991
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dead & Company
Dead & Company
Performer
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Drums
Jeff Chimenti
Jeff Chimenti
Keyboards
O. Burbridge
O. Burbridge
Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
Drums
John Mayer
John Mayer
Vocals
Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Songwriter
Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?
Get up, get out, get out of the door
You 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 to cool him down
[Chorus]
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
[Verse 2]
Almost ablaze, still, you don't feel the heat
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 business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true
[Chorus]
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Written by: Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter

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