MONTANA - JAMES TAYLOR
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO
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I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',
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A little bit slow for the pace of the dream.
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It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given;
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But nevertheless, just the same...
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I wish to my soul, I was back in Montana,
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High on my mountain and deep in the snow.
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Up in my cabin, over the valley,
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Under the blankets with you.
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O - - ver the ocean from here.
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O - - ver the mountains from there.
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Who can imagine the scale of the forces
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That pushed this old mountain range up in the sky?
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Tectonic creation, erosion, mutation;
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Somethin' to pleasure God's eye.
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The world is a wonder of lightnin' and thunder,
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And green of the ground as we fall from the sky.
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The old and new faces, the tribes and the races...
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Thousands of places to try.
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O - - ver the ocean from here.
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O - - ver the mountains from there.
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One sits and waits while the other one wanders,
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And squanders his time with a life on the road.
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Down from the mountain, across the wide ocean,
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The world is in motion and cannot be slowed.
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Enough for today... demands of the moment,
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The thing on my mind is the work in my hand.
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Wood for the woodstove and water for coffee,
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Somethin' I can still understand.
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We got a few friends but not many neighbors,
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The trip into town takes us most of the day.
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And after, "Hello", and "it's sure good to see you",
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It seems like there's nothin' to say.
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O - - ver the ocean from here.
