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That Mountain
489
Country
That Mountain was released on January 1, 2001 by Lost Highway/IGA as a part of the album Private Radio
album cover
Release DateJanuary 1, 2001
LabelLost Highway/IGA
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM173

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
Producer
Jim Mitchell
Jim Mitchell
Additional Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's a big black train I've been hearing all my life
Every night at sundown, I hear its lonesome cry
When I look through the screen door, I see a rocking chair
My mama's setting in it, thinking 'bout that world out there
[Chorus]
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die"
[Verse 2]
She's never set foot out of this poor valley holler
But she talks about her dreams of some other way of life
Eighty-seven years of living and never had much of anything
Is it asking too much to see a damned old diesel train?
[Chorus]
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die"
[Verse 3]
Twenty years ago today, my daddy left this holler
He said, "I'll be coming back tomorrow night"
I remember the sound of his boot heels in the gravel
Well, he ain't been back since, and he never said goodbye
[Chorus]
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die
Before the day that I die"
Written by: Billy Bob Thornton, Marty Stuart
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