My Proud Mountains Lyrics - Our Mother The Mountain - Townes Van Zandt

My home is Colorado with their proud mountains tall 

Where the rivers like gypsy's down her black canyons fall 

I'm a long, long way from Denver with a long way to go 

So lend an ear to my singing 'cause I'll be back no more 

I left as a young man not full seventeen 

With nothin' for company but the wind and a dream 

'Bout all the fast ladies and livin' I'd find 

When I left my proud mountains and rivers behind 

So I rolled and a-rambled like a leaf in the wind 

Well, I found my fast ladies and some hard livin' men 

Well, I sometimes went hungry with my pockets all bare 

Lord, I sometimes had good luck with money to spare 

I made me some friends, Lord, that I won't soon forget 

Some are down under and some are rambling yet 

But as for me I'm headed for home 

Back to high Colorado never more for to roam 

So friends, when my time comes as surely it will 

You just carry my body out to some lonesome hill 

And lay me down easy where the cool rivers run 

With only my mountains 'tween me and the sun 

My home is Colorado