In Dreams I Go Back

In dreams I go back to the mountains I love
Before houses were built on the ridges above
Now the timber’s all gone and the mountain’s so bare
To the old folks at home it all seemed so unfair

The highways they came through the farms and the coves
No trace that remains where the corn used to grow
Sweet memories hide the ruin and rust
As I go back to the mountains I love.

Lost in my dreams in a place that’s no more
Where I once played at heaven’s back door
Loved ones gone (on, on, on) to glory above
In dreams I go back to the mountains I love

It breaks my heart to see what they’ve done
The fields are all gone where I used to run
Money and greed but it’s never enough
Oh I hate what they’ve done to the mountains I love.

Lost in my dreams in a place that’s no more
Where I once played at heaven’s back door
Loved ones gone (on, on, on) to glory above
In dreams I go back to the mountains I love
In dreams I go back to the mountains I love