SINGER: John Denver

SONG:The Mountain Song

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the autograph album, and has also been released on the country roads collection album.

i came here from the city
a thousand miles away
i came just for a little while
you know i never meant to stay
i meant to take my pleasure
have a good time and be gone
but i fell in love with a lady
now i sing a mountain song

i listened to the music
of the night wind in the pines
i saw the quiet slendour
of a field of columbine
i skied on crystal pathways
to a mountain peak so tall
and i walked the mighty summits
with the one who made it all

and i fell in love with a lady
¡¯cause i¡¯ve seen her at her best
and i¡¯ve walked her wild and rugged paths
through her open wilderness
and now i never can betray her
steal her riches and be gone
¡¯cause when you love a mountain lady
you¡¯re gonna sing a mountain song

now people come from everywhere
to see what they can find
and some take lots of pictures
and some just take their time
but they¡¯re some who take her beauty
that can¡¯t be bought or sold
and they think of only money
while destroying wealth untold

but you fall in love with a lady
when you¡¯ve slept upon her breast
and i¡¯ve walked her wild and rugged paths
to her open wilderness
and you never can betray her
steal her riches and be gone
¡¯cause when you love a mountain lady
you¡¯re gonna sing a mountain song

words and music by tracey wickland