[Verse 1 – Male] Left before the rooster crowed Truck bed loaded, engine cold Told myself I'd never look back At that holler and that gravel track But the ridge line follows everywhere I roam That old dirt keeps calling me home [Verse 2 – Female] I know a kitchen, know a quilt Know the church my grandpa built Know the way the fog sits low On the hills before the frost lets go Every road I've ever run Circles back where I begun [Pre-Chorus – Both, trading lines] (Male) I can wear this city on my sleeve (Female) I can learn to say goodbye and leave (Male) But when that fiddle starts to play (Both) I'm right back where I used to stay [Chorus – Both] You can pull me off this mountain (off this mountain) But you can't pull the mountain out of me (mountain out of me) Got creek water in my veins And a heart that knows these lanes You can pull me off this mountain But it's carved down deep in me [Verse 3 – Male] I know a porch swing, know a hymn Know the smoke curl thick and thin Off a chimney at first light Guiding wanderers home at night [Verse 4 – Female] I've slept beneath a hundred stars In rented rooms and borrowed cars But I still hear that whip-poor-will Singing sundown on the hill [Pre-Chorus – Both] (Female) I can dance to any old song (Male) I can pretend that I belong (Female) But when the banjo starts to ring (Both) I hear my grandma's voice and sing [Chorus – Both] You can pull me off this mountain (off this mountain) But you can't pull the mountain out of me (mountain out of me) Got creek water in my veins And a heart that knows these lanes You can pull me off this mountain But it's carved down deep in me [Instrumental Break Harmonica and Banjo 16-Bars] [Bridge – Both, harmonizing] If I should wander far too long And lose the words to every song One bell, one light, one road that bends Calls me back to kin and friends Back to supper on the stove Back to everything I know [Final Chorus – Both, big finish] You can pull me off this mountain (off this mountain) But you can't pull the mountain out of me (mountain out of me) Got creek water in my veins And a heart that knows these lanes You can pull me off this mountain But it's carved down deep in me You can pull me off this mountain But it lives on deep in me...
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