Climbing Up A Mountain

Tim O'Brien · Other Songs - Tim O'Brien

I been climbin up a mountain since the day that I was born

It's been so long of a journey and I'm feelin kinda tired and worn

Tired and worn, tired and worn

So long of a journey and I feel kinda tired and worn



There's a picture in my memory like it's etched in a wall of stone

If I close my eyes I can see her, even though those days are gone

Those days are gone, those days are gone

I still close my eyes even though those days are gone



Now I always had what I needed, always had me a place to go

If I listened to what my heart said, I always knew what I needed to know

What you need to know, what you need to know

Just listen to your heart and you'll hear what you need to know



I'm walkin all alone now, I'm up high above the pines

I can turn and look all around me, and see what I left behind

What I left behind, what I left behind

They're all around me, all the things that I left behind



Now my steps keep gettin shorter, as I get closer to the top

I'm slowin way, way down now, cause I don't want to have to stop

I have to stop, someday I have to stop

I get closer and closer but I don't want to have to stop



I been climbin up a mountain since the day that I was born

It's been so long of a journey and I'm feelin kinda tired and worn

Tired and worn, tired and worn

So long of a journey and I feel kinda tired and worn