Man on a Mountain

You're a man on a mountain

You're a mountain of a man

The ridgeline timber

And the palms of your hands

Are too rough and rocky

They're as salty as the land

You're a man up the mountain

You're a mountain of a man

You're a lily of the valley

But the valley keeps you down

I know you long to follow

My lonesome mountain [sound?]

But you're all wine and roses

You're never leaving town

You're a lily of the valley

But the valley keeps you down

Well once upon a time

We longed to be lovers

Why can't a valley girl

Ever love a mountain man?

Let us not spend out lives

Lying to each other

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again

'Til you make me a promise

I could never be your wife

I ain't never promised no one

A damn thing in my life

I'll live with you forever

But I won't live in sin

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again

Well once upon a time

We longed to be lovers

Why can't a valley girl

Ever love a mountain man?

Let us not spend out lives

Lying to each other

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again

Well I'd buy you a diamond

That I can't afford

Well I don't need no diamond, boy

What are you waiting for?

Get down off that mountain

Girl, come take my hand

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again

Well once upon a time

We longed to be lovers

Why can't a valley girl

Ever love a mountain man?

Let us not spend out lives

Lying to each other

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again

Let us not spend out lives

Lying to each other

Let's meet in the middle

Let's never meet again