The Mountain Song

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 Ive seen her at her best

And Ive 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

Youre 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 theyre some who take her beauty

That cant be bought or sold

And they think of only money

While destroying wealth untold

But you fall in love with a lady

When youve slept upon her breast

And Ive 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

Youre gonna sing a mountain song