The Mountain Song Lyrics - John Denver

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 

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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 

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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