Merle Haggard - Way Back In The Mountains lyrics

rate me

How far can a man stretch the dollars

I thought as I counted my pay

I told myself over and over

there must be some other ways.

No light at the end of the tunnel

the whole world is falling apart

and I need this load on my shoulder,

like I need a hole in my heart.

Chorus:

I'm gonna move way back in the mountains,

build a cabin nobody can find

I'm gonna move way back in the mountains

I'm gonna leave this old city behind.

How does a man hold a woman?

when he's standing on unsteady ground?

she's wantin' things I can't give her

things that make her world go round

I'm tradin' this microwave oven

like cast iron pot-bellied stove.

if all I can make is a livin'

hey, I should have moved back a long time ago.

Chorus:

I'm gonna move way back in the mountains,

build a cabin nobody can find

I'm gonna move way back in the mountains

I'm gonna leave this old city behind.

I'm gonna move way back in the mountains

build a cabin nobody can find