Way back in the mountains Way back in the hills There used to live a mountaineer They called him fiddlin' Will He could play 'most anything And some
I've had nothing but sorrow Since you said we were through There's no hope for tomorrow How's the world treating you? Every sweet thing that matters
When I recall his parting words Must I accept his fate or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll, a little bird did sing
Ain't gonna marry in the fall Ain't gonna marry in the spring For you're in love With a pretty little girl Who wears a diamond ring You're just a country
In the spring of 1856 with the snow still on the ground Two little boys were lost in the mountains above the town The father went out hunting, the boys
In this world I walk alone With no place to call my home But there's One who holds my hand The rugged road through barren lands The way is dark the road
I stood on faith and the corner of ambition I came here to sink or swim And to show them all that they were wrong And though I never thought I'd make
Blue trail of sorrow Lies upon the ground And I get so lonely Since you let me down Well, I used to be so happy Walkin' on these streets Now there's
I grew up in the scantling yards of Wheeling West Virginia A wheelhouse cub looking for an open door In the packet ways a Sweeney wed the keel of my Bonita
I'm used to being alone. Except for six month playings without rings and phone bills that I've waited for. This is the life that I choose. I got no complaints
So you're on your own lookin' down the road that goes only by one way And you don't need the signs to see lonely still runs both ways So who's the fool
I don't need a perfect lover to hold me in the rain Someone to ease my pain when I feel blue If I lost you to another, think I'd drown out here for sure
I lit my love and watched it burn Asking nothing in return Except the lessons I' will learn Holding crazy faith I've been touched by that bright fire
When The Morning Sun Streaks Across My Room And I'm Waken Up From Another Dream Of You When I'm On The Road, Once Again It Seems All that's Left Behind
Another day, another dollar That's what I'm working for today Another day, another dollar Sure can't buy my blues away I'm just trying to make a living
Leaving is the longest word I ever learned In the time it takes to say it, the whole world has turned If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then I've lived
This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming
I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore I hope that I've learned this time I hope that I find what I'm reaching for The way that it is in my mind Someday