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Thread #155998   Message #3675057
Posted By: Jeri
06-Nov-14 - 10:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Mountain (Dave Carter)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Mountain (Dave Carter)
From Tracy Grammer's website:

© 2000 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

i was born in a 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

i see the mountain, the mountain comes 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 mountain, the mountain comes to me
i see the mountain and that is all i see

miller take me and miller grind me
scatter my bones on the wild green tide
maybe some rovin bird will find me
over the water we'll ride

over the mountain, the mountain comes to me
i see the mountain and that is all i see

some build temples and some find altars
some come in tall hats and robes spun fine
some in rags, some in gemstone halters
some push the pegs back in line

i see the mountain, the mountain comes to me
i see the mountain and that is all i see



It's recorded on Tanglewood Tree. There are lyrics to Dave & Tracy's CDs at Tracy's website, and this one is here.

You say "(forked-tongued??)"--my interpretation of that is that snakes have forked tongues and everybody knows about listening to things snakes tell you.