High On A Mountain

High on a mountain where the sun still shines

And the water runs a little lazy

Wild-eyed and lonely, running out of time

Some will say I died half-crazy

One time a hustler took me for a ride

All because I tried to deceive her

She broke me down and laughed and left me weak inside

The more I lost my pride, the more it pleased her

Carry me 'cross the water,

I've been over there once before

Stayed with a poor man's daughter

I can't live in this country no more

Death beds and ragged threads are my last home

Someone should have known of my ending

Born bad, I killed a man for sympathy

Ain't much left of me worth defending

Carry me 'cross the water,

I've been over there once before

And I stayed with a poor man's daughter

I can't live in this country no more