Somewhere Past The Mountains

[Verse 1] There's a road behind our farmhouse Daddy says don't go nowhere, Just runs down through another valley Past some cows who do not care. But I've followed it on horseback, I've traced it on a map, And every time it disappears, I wonder what's past that. Billy says, More bloody mountains. Alton says, More little towns. Mama says, You'll see someday, girl. Daddy says— Put that map down. [Chorus] There's somewhere past the mountains, There's somewhere I ain't been, Past the maple and the meadow, Past these fields of red and green. There's a city I've not walked through, There's an ocean I've not seen, And there's gotta be a somewhere Wonderin' what to make of me. I love ya, Vermont. God knows I do. But someday I'm gonna see What's waitin' past the mountains... And if it's waitin' there for me. [Verse 2] I wanna sing where no one knows me, See if strangers sing along. I wanna walk into a crowded room With nothin' but a song. I wanna miss the smell of woodsmoke. I wanna miss our swimming hole. I wanna miss me Mama's cookin'— [spoken] Though perhaps not for too long. I wanna call home Sunday evening And have Daddy ask me twice If I'm eating, sleeping, studying, And making good life choices. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe wanting somewhere different Doesn't mean yer home was wrong. Maybe roots aren't there to hold ya. Maybe they just make ya strong. [Chorus] There's somewhere past the mountains, There's somewhere I ain't been, Past the roads where everybody Knows me family and me kin. There's a stage I've never stood on. There's a life I've never seen. And there's gotta be a somewhere Wonderin' what to make of me. [Bridge — piano and voice] Maybe I'll get there and hate it. Maybe I'll turn straight around. Maybe I'll learn the whole wide world Ain't better than this town. But I wanna know that for meself. Is that so bloody strange? I don't wanna leave because I hate it. I just wanna know I can. [Final Chorus] So somewhere past the mountains, Save a little room for me. I'm sixteen years and restless, And there's so much left to see. I'll bring Vermont along inside me, Though I swear right now I won't. I'll miss things I said I'd never miss— [spoken] No, Mama, probably not. There's somewhere past the mountains, And someday I'll find out where. But tonight the leaves are turnin', And there's woodsmoke in the air. So maybe I can want tomorrow And still be happy here. [Outro] There's a road behind our farmhouse. It don't go nowhere, they say. Funny... I reckon every road goes somewhere If ya follow it far enough away.