"Top of the Mountain"

By Colin Clyne Copyright 2014

Verse 1
Mountain looking down on me
Know I'm coming soon
Cause I'm a dreamer dreaming high
Can you make me some room?
For the many people plenty mad at me
For my crimes of selfishness I believe

Chorus
Why do things go wrong?
When we reach the top of the mountain?

Verse 2
Well there Mr. Mountain high
Thank you for my thrill
I hate to break the news to you
You were only a hill
Maybe I am bigger than my boots?
Once again, I'll blame it on my roots

Chorus
Why do things go wrong?
When we reach the top of the mountain?

Bridge
Mountain looking down at me
I no longer believe
In the many people
Looking down at me
For my crimes
Of ignorance I believe

Chorus
Why do things go wrong?
When we reach the top of the mountain?

Colin Clyne Copyright 2014
8 Morningside Terrace
Aberdeen, AB10 7NZ, UK
(44) 7454 733 624 colin@colinclyne.com

Sometimes the cowboy in us comes out in our songwriting, and this is one of those songs. This is a song about reflecting back on past choices, and the ensuing regret that sometimes follows.

The co-writer (Sherwood Lumsden) of this song and I were playing a gig and an older woman came up and asked for one more song...for some reason this hit Sherwood like a ton of bricks and he deflected her to me while he quickly wrote out most of the existing chorus...and a song was born...One More Song.

Wanted to tell the Christmas story with a gospel feel.

Country-Pop
A guy is finally telling his best friend about his girlfriend.

A song I started writing in a more pop country sound that Deema Homsi and I worked on.

Tongue-in-cheek blues.

This is a demo that Linda Davis was gracious enough to record the vocals on for me. This was one of the last songs that we recorded at Bayou Studio with George Clinton before his health deteriorated, and the studio closed a short time later. It was a magical session!