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I came here from the city a thousand miles away.
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I came just for a little while you know I never meant to stay.
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I meant to take my pleasure, have a good time and be gone.
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But I fell in love with a lady, now I sing a mountain song.
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I listened to the music of the night wind in the pines.
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I've seen the quiet splendor of a field of columbine.
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I skied on crystal pathways to a mountain peak so tall,
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and I walked the mighty summits with the one who made it all.
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And I fell in love with a lady 'cause I've seen her at her best.
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And I've walked her wild and rugged paths through her open wilderness.
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And now I never can betray her, steal her riches and be gone,
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'Cause when you fall in love with a lady, you gotta sing a mountain song.
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Now people come from everywhere to see what they can find.
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And some take lots of pictures, and some just take their time.
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But there are some who take her beauty that can't be bought or sold
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And they think of only money while destroying wealth untold.
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But you fall in love with a lady when you've slept upon her breast,
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and you've walked her wild and rugged paths through her open wilderness
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And you never can betray her, steal her riches and be gone.
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'Cause when you fall in love with a lady, you gotta sing a mountain song.
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