NELSON AND THE MOUNTAIN (Chris Jones)
By: Chris Jones (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: HE MOVED HERE TO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND 1953
HE SAID "JUST CALL ME NELSON THAT'S ALL THE NAME I NEED"
SOME THOUGHT HE WASN'T FRIENDLY BUT HE JUST LIKED HIS SPACE
AND IN THIS CRUEL AND CROWDED WORLD NELSON FOUND HIS PLACE

VERSE 2: THERE'S CHICKENS IN THE HOUSE LAYING EGGS UPON HIS BED
NELSON TALKS TO GHOSTS AND HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY SAID
SPIDERS WEAVE THEIR SILVER WEBS ACROSS HIS WINDOW PANE
BIRDS FLY IN THE CABIN JUST TO SHELTER FROM THE RAIN

CHORUS: NOW IT'S NELSON AND THE MOUNTAINS LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE
DON'T ASK ABOUT THE PAST HE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE FREE
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE RAN FROM BUT WE WANT HIM TO STAY
CAUSE IT'S NELSON AND THE MOUNTAINS AND WE'LL KEEP IT THAT WAY

VERSE 3: FOLKS SAY HE'S DONE WRONG TO HAVE TO HIDE AWAY UP HERE
BUT SOMETHING ABOUT NELSON SAYS THERE'S NOT A LOT TO FEAR
HE KEEPS HIS TROUBLES TO HIMSELF AND THAT'S THE MOUNTAIN WAY
HE TELLS THEM TO HIS MAKER WHEN HE KNEELS ALONE TO PRAY

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