My father was a mountain man My father was a mountain to us all My brother caught the fire between his eyes And my mother used to sing the angel songs Little child of mine You should rest sometime Let the fever burn 'Cause you have to survive Oh you have to survive For your sanity in mine For your sanity My sister was a cage-less bird Traveled all the oceans of the earth But the hunger in her belly wouldn't die 'Til she swallowed all my empty pride Sister of mine You should rest sometime Let the fever burn 'Cause you have to survive Oh you have to survive For your sanity in mine For your sanity in mine Sister of mine You should rest sometime Let the fever burn 'Cause you have to survive Oh you have to survive For your sanity in mine For your sanity in mine For your sanity in mine For your sanity in mine