Rocky Mountain Music

Back upon an old dirt road next to a swamp full of toads

Was a slanted wood shack with three little kids and a mama

Papa died in '63 left little Jenny and me

To plant those taters and pull up another tomorrow



Rocky mountain music

Fills my memory

Rocky mountain music

Papa can I hear you playing for me



Little brother was never quite right, he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight

Play with the dust that danced on the beams in the window

And sister had to cook and clean, 'cause momma she got sick and lean

Sometimes I think she just died away missing papa



Rocky mountain music

Fills my memory

Rocky mountain music

Mama can I hear you singing to me



Well every thing has changed today and little brother he was taken away

And sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo

And me I'm in a Nashville bar and I've never been so far

From that old gravel road and the rivers that run through my memory



Rocky mountain music

Fills my memory

Rocky mountain music

Brother can I hear you calling me



Rocky mountain music

Fills my memory

Rocky mountain music

Papa can I hear you playing for me