Steve Earle — The Girl on the Mountain

[Verse 1] There's a girl up on the mountain I once knew I let her go and now I'm sad and blue But sometimes late at night, I pray She'd come down to me some day But the girl up on the mountain never knew [Verse 2] So she gave herself to someone else back then Thought I'd never see her face again I found a new love of my own Broke my heart and now she's gone But the girl up on the mountain still remains [Verse 3] I wish I may, I wish I might Won't every star see the night A million diamonds up above Shine down on the one I love The poets have a thousand tales to tell [Verse 4] The battle of love, it didn't work out well And me, I sleep out right at night 'Cause here my dreams will hold up tight But the girl up on the mountain's up there still Oh, I love her now, and I guess I always will