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O Black Mountain

from Morning Song by American Elm

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I saw the shadow of a mountain on another mountain
I saw a young man wearing an old mans face
on the Lost River Highway, in the light abounding
I felt the morning sun pressing through the haze

Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
but today we are going
Where nobody knows

It was a long obedience in the wrong direction
there were mice, there were men, there were best laid plans
I was still lake staring at a strange reflection
until I felt the water passing through my hands

Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
but today we are going
Where nobody knows

I crossed the causeway in the rain
where no one smiles or says a thing
I built my cottage by the sea
where I was born, not born to be
O Black Mountain call me home
take me from this place I've known

Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
Tomorrow I'll walk in another man's clothes
but today we are going
Where? Nobody knows

Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows

I saw the shadow of a mountain on another mountain
I saw the shadow of a mountain on another mountain
I saw the shadow of a mountain on another mountain
I saw the shadow of a mountain on another mountain

alleluia
alleluia
alleluia
alleluia

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from Morning Song, released December 21, 2021

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American Elm New Haven, Connecticut

American Elm, aka Chris Bousquet, is singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He is the former leader of the internationally acclaimed High Lonesome Plains. He has performed with such luminaries as Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Mercury Rev, Miracle Legion, John Sebastian, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhett Miller, Mark Mulcahy, The Turtles, Nathaniel Rateliff, Dry the River, J. Geils, and Susan Cowsill. ... more

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