Silver on the Mountain

[Title: Silver on the Mountain] [Verse 1] I met a girl where the black road turned And the pines stood still in snow She spoke my name like a thing half-learned From a dream I used to know She wore no crown, no preacher’s grace No promise I could hold But the night laid fire upon her face And turned the weather to gold [Chorus] There’s silver on the mountain tonight And a cold wind under the door I keep chasing songs I can’t quite write And hearts I have lost before If love is a road that runs from sight Then I’ve walked it tired and poor But there’s silver on the mountain tonight And I am alone no more [Verse 2] She never said that she would stay Never swore by moon or flame She only laughed and looked away When I asked her whence she came Now dawn comes thin on the window glass And the fields lie pale and wide But I still hear shadows in the pass And her footsteps by my side [Chorus] There’s silver on the mountain tonight And a cold wind under the door I keep chasing songs I can’t quite write And hearts I have lost before If love is a road that runs from sight Then I’ve walked it tired and poor But there’s silver on the mountain tonight And I am alone no more [Verse 3] Some are born for the city lights Some for the sea and foam Some men spend all their faithful nights Trying to sing themselves back home I was made for a voice in the dark For a hand I could never keep For a lantern glow and a lonesome spark And the kind of vow you don’t speak [Chorus] There’s silver on the mountain tonight And a cold wind under the door I keep chasing songs I can’t quite write And hearts I have lost before If love is a road that runs from sight Then I’ve walked it tired and poor But there’s silver on the mountain tonight And I am alone no more