From the recording Roaring Fork/Mountain On My Back
Lyrics
I’m traveling on tree trunks,
Leaves are falling from my eyes
I’m pulling up roots
While the ground around me dies
I’m headed down the valley
Where I can feel some sun on my face
Nothing thrives in the shadow
Cast o’er this place
I can’t get out unmolested
I raise my voice to protest it
But secrets deep and ancient settle in the crack
I’m leaving here with a mountain on my back
The air once was sweet as ether
Intoxicating as wine
Now it burns my throat
Leaves a bad taste behind
I can’t get out unmolested
I raise my voice to protest it
But secrets deep and ancient settle in the crack
I’m leaving here with a mountain on my back
I’m leaving here with a mountain on my back
I’m leaving here
I’m leaving here
I’m leaving here with a mountain on my back