BRAVE MOUNTAINEERS
Gordon Lightfoot
1972


Born in the country and I like that country smile
Of the little girls and boys, they remind me of a child
That I knew and a big harvest moon 
That shone by suppertime in the dusty afternoon.

And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes singing through the trestle we would climb 
Like brave mountaineers 
We never were much bothered by time.

Born in the country and I like that country song
We played for just a nickel every time we got to town
And I bought you a dime diamond ring 
In the hayloft we would play, we were princesses and kings.

And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers 
We never were much bothered by time.

Born in the country and I like that country way 
Of the uncles aunts and cousins and the card games they would play 
While the young ones slept overhead 
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were said.

And I need to be there 
When the autumn wind goes singing through the trestle we would climb 
Like brave mountaineers 
We never were much bothered by time.

(bridge)

And I need to be there 
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind 
Like brave mountaineers 
We never were much bothered by time.




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)