leaving for the flatlands

sweetly flows the water from the mountain, softly falls the rain upon the leaves, gently blows the breeze among the cedars, quietly my heart is on its knees. how could anything in all creation, be more beautiful than all i see, with it all my heart is not rejoicing, because the one i love is not with me. somewhere in between us was a difference, not we or all this beauty could secure, and i know now my heart will ache forever, and i wonder if this mountain can endure. so i'm leavin' for the flatlands, goin' back where i was conceived, goin' back where nobody knows the difference, this mountain knows too much about me. i though it was written up in heaven, that you would be with me and i with you, sun and moon and stars must feel the difference, they're wishin' there was somethin' they could do. so i'm leavin' for the flatlands, goin' back where i was conceived, goin' back where nobody knows the difference, this mountain knows too much about me. this mountain knows too much about me.