Been To The Mountain

Album: Strays (2022)
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  • I got nothing to prove, I got nothing to sell
    I'm not buying what you've got, I ain't ringing no bells
    I got a mint in my pocket, got a bullet in my teeth
    I'm going straight in the fire, I'm gonna talk to the high priest
    Used to be a lover, queen and a drifter
    A cowboy devil, a bride in a box, and
    A pilgrim and a thief, but it was me underneath
    I just know who I'm not and that's alright with me
    Alright, alright

    Can't tell me nothing babe, and that's a fact
    I have been to the mountain and back, alright

    Well, I wish I was God, but I'm glad that I'm not
    'Cause I think too much, got my head in a knot
    The world's on fire, better save your brother
    I've been a child and I've been a mother
    I've been a victim and I've been a tumor
    Used to be your waitress but now I'm a consumer
    I've been on food stamps, I've been outta my mind
    I'm rolled in dirty dollars, stood in the welfare line

    I've been a number, I've been under attack
    I have been to the mountain and back
    Alright, alright

    I've been a dancer, a saint, an assassin
    I've been a nobody, a truck driver shaman
    So many seasons that I've been adrift
    Sometimes I wonder if I even exist

    Do you ever walk down the street and do you think to yourself
    Am I being watched, man? Am I on the list? Well
    I been called every name in the book, honey, come on, take your best shot
    Take your best shot, take your best shot, I got my back to remind me
    Aim at my heart, go on, take your best shot, now

    I am a hunter and I am the hunted
    I am a baby, I'm wanted
    I'm an alchemist, teacher, I'm a sinner, I'm a preacher

    And I know that there's more here than this
    As I stare in the void of the black mountain vacuum
    I know the scent of death like a perfume, no, this ain't the end
    This ain't the end, this ain't the end, this ain't the end
    Ooh, take off your tired eyes, undress your goodbyes 'cause

    I have been to the mountain
    I have been to the mountain
    I have been to the mountain
    I have been to the mountain and back
    Alright, alright

    Can't tell me nothing babe, and that's a fact
    I have been to the mountain and back, alright
    Alright, alright Writer/s: Jeremy Ivey, Margo Price
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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