there goes the mountain

there goes the mountain

father of fir trees

home for the grizzlies

under its snow

shorn of its timber

torn by the monsters

taken by truckloads to the great plains below

there goes the mountain

the avalanche maker

heaven's caretaker

breeder of streams

there goes the mountain

maker of thunder

torn down for the plunder

remembered in dreams

there goes the mountain

greeter of sunrise

giant by starlight

the highest and best

the roar of the engines

the first in its lifetime

will take what men value and spit out the rest

and there goes the mountain

the avalanche maker

heaven's caretaker

breeder of streams

there goes the mountain

maker of thunder

torn down for the plunder

remembered in dreams

lord of the highlands

home for the eagles

catcher of snowfalls for millions of years

bleeding in mudslides

robbed of its insides

prey to the skills of the bold engineer

and there goes the mountain

the avalanche maker

heaven's caretaker

breeder of streams

there goes the mountain

maker of thunder

torn down for the plunder

remembered in dreams