Mountains Of The Heart

Somewhere near the timberline, he feeds the fire
Morning slowly turns the sky to gray
Choices made and trails all taken, he's alone
She's with someone else now far away

Up there near the ridgeline, the trails all run together and then branch to different canyons over creeks that run so dark
And if you take the wrong trail you can wander on forever
Forever through the Mountains of the Heart

Had the chance to make the change, to turn around
Found that he just could not pay the price
She wanted more from life than just two callused hands, rundown boots, and empty cow camp nights
So she packed up all her dishes, all her dreams and hopes and longings
Said they'd both be better off if they lived apart
And the memory of her going and the longin' for her stayin' still echo through the Mountains of the Heart

[Chorus]
The Mountains of the Heart, they are haunted
Filled with granite shadows oh so dark
And the ghosts of things that might have been so lonesome ever wandered
Forever through the Mountains of the Heart

He shrugs it off and saddles up and mounts his horse
Circles 'round the meadow to the trees
All at once, the wind kicks up and he hears a voice
A lonesome sound carried on the breeze
He looks back to the ridgeline and the trails he could have taken
She's off hunting happiness
He's out hunting strays
And the voice, it swells and calls again so lonesome through the pine
He shakes his head and slowly rides away

[Chorus]
The Mountains of the Heart, they are haunted
Filled with granite shadows deep and stark
And the ghosts of things that might have been so lonesome ever wandered
Forever through the Mountains of the Heart
Forever through the Mountains of the Heart