WHISKEY AND FIRE
BRENN HILL/Red Cliffs Press Music (BMI)

VERSE 1:
Whiskey and fire was all a man had
When the arrow or the knife made the blood poison bad
And the whiskey it burned and the hot iron scarred
And the hostiles were terror and the trail was hard
Whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire

VERSE 2:
We crossed the Canadian River in spring
And the waters were cold and it was everything
We could do to hold herd on the other side
Give your horse his head boys and ride ride ride
Ride and ride
Ride and ride

Chorus 1:
From the Texas plains all the way to Ft Dodge
And beeves for the cavalry to Medicine Lodge
There was bison bones and a plains wolf choir
And your savin' grace was whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire

VERSE 3:
To the northern trail with a contract herd
At the rocky mountains I was lost for words
Fort Casper was the last outpost
And the northern Sioux were ridgeline ghosts
Ridgeline ghosts
The ridgeline ghosts

VERSE 4:
And the Sioux would raid in small fierce bands
Shootin' arrows and guns from their reinless hands
From the flint head arrow of a Cheyenne brave
There was only myself and my horse left to save
My horse to save
My horse to save

Chorus 2:
From the cold west wind came an early snow
It was colder than anything a southern boy could know
And a night wind break was our only desire
And our savin' grace was whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire

VERSE 5:
I am calling out from a shallow grave
The forgotten west is a lost enclave
Of the dreams of men that were so inspired
By the visions in whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire
Whiskey and fire