That Mountain Lyrics

There's a big black train
I've been hearing all my life
Every night at sundown, I hear its lonesome cry
When I look through the screen door
I see a rocking chair
My mama's sitting in it
Thinking 'bout that world out there

Chorus:
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die"

She's never set foot
Out of this poor valley holler
But she talks about her dreams
Of some other way of life
87 years of living
And never had much of anything
Is it asking too much
To see a damned old diesel train

Chorus:
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die"

Twenty years ago today
My daddy left this holler
He said, "I'll be coming back tomorrow night"
I remember the sound
Of his boot heels in the gravel
Well, he ain't been back since
And he never said goodbye

Chorus:
She wants to go over that mountain
To see what's on the other side
She said, "I want to go over that mountain
Before the day that I die"