Up on Huckleberry Mountain

Frank Delaney © 2006

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Well you said that you’d be leaving, had some things that must be done,

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And I know you had to find out, that you could make it on your own.

And I could have done it better, but it was really hard to see,

Everything my life depends on, moving on and leaving me.

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And those crystals in Montana, that we dug for in the sun,

I’ll bet the rain’s unearthed those big ones, now they’re just laying there for anyone,

And up on Huckleberry Mountain, that little patch we called our own,

We used to pick and talk for hours, now it’s just sittin’ there unsown.

We had 4 good years together, and we helped each other heal,

From broken marriages, false lovers, we cried and wiped each others tears.

Our Anam Cara ceremony, when we pledged our love that way,

The other hikers passed and smiled, I think that was the perfect day.

And now that trail up in the Rockies, as we watched for grizzly bear,

I wonder who will hold your hand now, and gently help you calm your fear.

and that gold mine by the river, looks like we’ll never find that vein,

we made love in that old cabin, then lay there listening to the rain.

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And just one day our worlds collided, your astrologer and tarot cards,

Hell, I thought Pluto was a cartoon dog, and I was no longer in your stars.

And I know you were used to leaving, as you’d done many times before,

But I just wasn’t used to grieving, like when you walked out that door.

Chorus:

And those crystals in Montana, that we dug for in the sun,

I’ll bet the rain’s unearthed those big ones, now they’re just laying there for anyone,

And up on Huckleberry Mountain, that little patch we called our own,

We used to pick and talk for hours, now it’s just sittin’ there unsown.