Townes Van Zandt — My Proud Mountains

[Verse 1] My home is Colorado with her proud mountains tall Where the rivers like gypsies down her black canyons fall Well I'm a long, long way from Denver with a long way to go So lend an ear to my singing 'cause I'll be back no more [Verse 2] Well, I left as a young man not full seventeen With nothin' for company, but the wind and a dream 'Bout all the fast ladies and livin' I'd find When I left my proud mountains and rivers behind [Verse 3] So I rolled and I rambled like a leaf in the wind Well, I found my fast ladies and some hard-livin' men Well, I sometimes went hungry with my pockets all bare Lord, I sometimes had good luck with money to spare [Verse 4] Well, I made me some friends, Lord, that I won't soon forget Well, some are down under and some are rambling yet But as for me, well, I'm headed for home Back to high Colorado never more for to roam [Verse 5] So friends, when my time comes, as surely it will You just carry my body out to some lonesome hill And lay me down easy where the cool rivers run With only my mountains 'tween me and the sun [Outro] Yeah my home is Colorado