That Mountain Lyrics

That Mountain
(based on a story told to Thornton by Jim Varney)
Corrections welcome. tabbed 5/6/05
INTRO: D
There's a big black train I've been hearin' all my life
Every night at sundown I hear it's lonesome cry
When I look through the screen door I see a rocking chair
My mama's sitting in it thinking 'bout that world out there
CHORUS:
She wants to go over that mountain to see what's on the other side
She said "I want to go over that mountain before the day that I die"
She's never set foot out of this poor valley holler
But she talks about her dreams of some other way of life
87 years of living and never had much of anything
Is it asking too much to see a damned old diesel train
20 years ago today my daddy left this holler
He said "I'll be coming back tomorrow night"
I remember the sound of his boot heels in the gravel
Well he ain't been back since and he never said goodbye
Before the day that I die