Levon Helm - The Mountain lyrics

I was born on this mountain a long time ago
Before they knocked down the timber
And strip-mined the coal
When you rose in the mornin'
Before it was light
To go down in that dark hole
And come back up at night

I was born on this mountain
This mountain's my home
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Well, they took everything that she
Gave - now they're gone
But, I'll die on this mountain
This mountain's my home

I was young on this mountain but now I am old
And I knew every holler
Every cool swimmin' hole
‘Til one night I lay down and woke up to find
That my childhood was over and I
Went down in the mine
I was born on this mountain
This mountain's my home
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Well, they took everything that she
Gave - now they're gone
But, I'll die on this mountain
This mountain's my home

There's a hole in this mountain and
It's dark and it's deep
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
There's a chill in the air
Only miners can feel
And there’s ghosts in the tunnels
That the company sealed

I was born on this mountain
This mountain's my home
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Well, they took everything that she
Gave - now they're gone
But, I'll die on this mountain
This mountain's my home