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Thread #155998   Message #3674965
Posted By: Joe Offer
06-Nov-14 - 03:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Mountain (Dave Carter)
Subject: Lyr Add: The Mountain (Dave Carter)
I'm proofreading songs for the soon-to-come Rise Again Songbook. One of the songs is the haunting "The Mountain," by Dave Carter. Here's what I hear, but I'm having trouble with parts. Can somebody offer corrections?

THE MOUNTAIN
(Dave Carter)

I was born in a fork-tongued (forked-tongued??) story,
Raised up by merchants and drugstore liars;
Now I walk on the paths of glory,
One foot in ice, one in fire.

CHORUS
I see the mountain, the mountain comes (come?) to me;
I see the mountain, and that is all I see

Some poor prophet comes, some find solace,
Some lay him down in a junkyard bay;
Some will chase us AND some will call us,
Gone, gone, gone in a day.
Gone to the mtn...

Miller take me and miller grind me,
Scatter my bones on the wild, green tide;
Maybe some roving bird will find me,
And over the water we'll ride
Over the mtn...

Some build temples and some find altars,
And some come in tall hats and robes spun fine;
Some in rags, some in gemstone halters
And some push the pegs back in line
I see the mtn...

Dave Carter
On Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Tanglewood Tree


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgEavonpQU

Tracy Grammer Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4YRd8u1UwA