Sencillo / Pista
Scarlet Begonias / Fire on the Mountain (Live in Hamilton, Ontario, March 22, 1990)
Letras
I was walkin' 'round grosvenor square
Chill to the winter but a nip to the air
From the other direction, she was calling my eye
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try, might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
I knew without askin' she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls
In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff
As I picked up my matches and was closing the door
I had one of those flashes I'd been there before, been there before
Well, I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong
Seldom turns out the way it does in a song
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right
Well, there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
There's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes
I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by, let her pass by
Wind in the willows is playing "Tea for Two."
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stoppin' strangers just to shake their hand (ooh-ooh)
Everybody's playing in the Heart of Gold band, Heart of Gold band (ooh-ooh)
Long-distance runner, what you standin' there for?
Caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
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
Oh, 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 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
Whoa-oh, 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 holdin' out for?
Caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
The flame from your stage has 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!
Fire, fire on the mountain!
Fire, fire on the mountain!