Thursday, July 15, 2010

The tough love of the mountain...

V1

from the time that I was born,
she never made it easy.
quickly learned to climb,
the hills she lay before me.

she always gave me just enough,
so I could make it by.
but at times it was do damn tough, that,
I’d break down and cry.

V2

when I’d make it to the city, lord,
just couldn’t understand.
people afraid to do anything,
that put calluses on their hands.

I loved coming down to party,
boy, don’t get me wrong.
but it wouldn’t take me long before,
the mountain called me home.

Bridge

see me and mama nature,
we got awful tight.
surviving through the seasons,
through those cold and lonesome nights.

Chorus


the tough love of the mountain,
lord it made me who I am.
made me a survivor, yeah,
made me love the land.

she stood their tall and proud,
yeah, never seemed to change.
just rolled on through the seasons,
but always stayed the same.

through the deep snows in the winter,
and the spring times pouring rain.
from the hills I had to climb,
to the whiskey in my veins.

my feet got hard and weathered,
my steps got tried and sure.
she’d beat me like a rented mule,
but Id come back for more.


Bridge

lord with all she gave me,
I’d never change a thing.
she made me a survivor, lord,
gave me this song to sing.

Chorus



the tough love of the mountain,
lord it made me who I am.
made me a survivor, yeah,
made me love the land.

stood their tall and proud,
yeah, never seemed to change.
she’d just rolls on through the seasons,
but always stays the same.

through the deep snows in the winter,
and the spring times pouring rain.
from the hills I had to climb,
to the whiskey in my veins.

my feet got hard and weathered,
but my steps got tried and sure.
she’d beat me like a rented mule,
but Id come back for more.


V3

I guess having things the easy way,
just isn’t in my blood.
Im a sucker for a challenge,
that’s why this life I love.

I guess that’s the reason, why,
no matter where I’d roam,
it doesn't take long before,
the mountain call me home.

Bridge

see me and mama nature,
we got awful tight.
surviving through the seasons,
through those cold and lonesome nights.

Chorus


the tough love of the mountain,
lord , it made me who I am.
made me a survivor, yeah,
made me love the land.

she stood their tall and proud,
yeah, never seemed to change.
she’d just roll on through the seasons,
but always stay the same.

through the deep snows in the winter,
and the spring times pouring rain.
from all the hills I had to climb,
to the whiskey in my veins

my feet got hard and weathered,
but my steps got tried and sure.
she’d beat me like a rented mule,
but I'd come back for more. .

Close


the tough love of the mountain,
lord, it made me who I am.
made me a survivor, yeah
made me love the land.

she stood their tall and proud,
yeah, never seemed to change.
just rolled on through the seasons,
but always stay the same.