Going to Murdoch's mountain to lay down my thoughts

Passing through the valley of stones for my mind has wandered here

Barren land of beauty the sun has burnt a scar upon your face

Under harvest moons I discovered your ways

I shall follow the river of sand to the South

See the mountains rise where the sky gives way to Murdoch's might

Always feeling brighter your own mysterious life freezes

Slipping under the shroud that the mountain now holds

Murdoch tempted me here gave me pennies to lend

Sang so sweetly of sleep that I couldn't wait to get to the end

Black-beaked crow cry a warning of oncoming rain

Give your wings to the mountain your body to the starving earth

Brighter still the flower of life may grow away from the sun

Knowing that with darkness a new light has come

Murdoch beckons me now calls me brother not friend

Speaks so sadly of life that I can't wait to get to the end

Cold winds blow in the face of all hope that is born

Eastward comes but the fire of the North will not hold to southern skies

Even earthly silence cannot control the spinning wheels of time

This is Murdoch's mountain no green hill of life