[Intro]

Up on the mountain, caught on the rail line

Up on the mountain, caught on the rail line

[Verse 1]

My brother, let the hard drugs be

Drink your wine, smoke your weed

My brother, let the hard stuff be

[Pre-Chorus]

And wear your silver lining

Wear it close to your skin

[Chorus]

But if it's the drugs, the women, the wine, the weed

The love that took everything I own

Just take it all

And tell the ones you love you love them

Teach only what you know, and, oh

You better know it well

[Verse 2]

We drove from coast to coast

Down in New Orleans where the levees broke 'cause

You were tripping, I was driving

You were running, I was hiding

And you know I know how that feels

Don't get cheated, kid, just swing from your heels

And if you get carried away

Let the music play you through the pain

[Pre-Chorus]

And wear that silver lining

Wear it close to your skin

[Chorus]

But if it's the drugs, the women, the wine, the weed

The love that took everything I own

Just take it all

And tell the ones you love you love them

Teach only what you know, and, oh

You better know it well

[Outro]

Up on the mountain, caught on the rail line

Up on the mountain, caught on the rail line