SOMEWHERE OFF THE FOOT OF THIS MOUNTAIN

by Gina Forsyth (1998)

Here is a song for the hot summer sun
And the fortunes as sure as the sand
And if I can't get through it all without sighing
I'll sing it the best way I can

They say that a cowboy
Is not supposed to cry
So they always told me
I never knew why

So I'll plow through the desert
And smile through the pain
And pray that these teardrops
Will turn into rain

Somewhere off the Foot of this Mountain
Somewhere near the bright shining sea
Somewhere off the Foot of this Mountain
They say there's a rainbow there
Waiting for me
To remind me of someone
That I used to be
Somewhere

I rode the wind way up high on the mountain
With nowhere to take me but down
And soon all was still and I helplessly watched
As my feet hit the dry barren ground

Now I wish I could find me just one ray of hope
In the blistering heat of a day like today
And my one ray of hope on just one gust of wind
Like an old long lost friend
Would come take me away

Now the mothers and fathers
They seem really bothered
Bout raising their children these days
Cause they might grow up and be
All kinds of strange things
Like how I turned out anyway

Goodbye to my mama
Goodbye to my pa
I left for Montana
To be an outlaw

They found me in Denver
They lost me somehow
So whoever else finds me
Can please take me now

Somewhere off the Foot of this Mountain
Somewhere near the bright shining sea
Somewhere off the Foot of this Mountain
They say there's a rainbow there waiting for me
At the end of that rainbow, yeah, I'd like to see
Just a picture of someone so wild and so free
To remind me of someone that I'd like to be
Again

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