Lookout Mountain

Lookout, Lookout Mountain, the future’s comin’ down
Big ideas and big machines gonna level out your ground
They’re gonna build a castle where the rich folk come and stay
There ain’t no voice of reason when there’s a fortune to be made
There’s a fortune to be made

I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
I’m leaving this life I’ve known
I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
Oh the good times there have been gone
Oh the good times there have been gone

See I was born and raised here in southeast Tennessee
I thought I’d live and die here with all my family
Gotta go and say goodbye, make way for a second home
Akin the days when the miners came, and we lost all control
Yeah, we lost all control

I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
I’m leaving this life I’ve known
I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
Oh the good times there have been gone
Oh the good times there have been gone

Once the road that carried me home now carries me far away
Mountains in my rearview as the blue sky fades to grey
Gonna make my way even if I hide on a greener mountain side
To find a place where progress ain’t caught up to the times
Ain’t caught up to the times

I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
I’m leaving this life I’ve known
I’m leaving Lookout Mountain
Oh the good times there have been gone
Oh the good times there have been gone