Breakneck Ridge

Breakneck Ridge music and lyrics © Andrew Revkin


I came from old New England’s shore. I miss those salty tides. (Maine pix)

My friends from Rocky Mountains high, they crave their starry skies.

Some flock to California towns, where sunsets glow like ale.

But it’s Hudson River banks and hills they make my soul set sail.

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From Breakneck Ridge to the Bear Mountain Bridge

And all that lies between.

In autumn’s gold and winter’s snow

And spring and summer’s green.


A billion years of time and toil are etched in those old hills.

Carved by ice and dynamite, but they stand strong here still.

Seen tomahawks and cannon fire, and mighty industries.

But these Hudson Highlands will endure when we are history.

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I’ve been around this whole wide world.

I’ve been up toward the Pole.

But when I’m gone please let me lie in Hudson Valley soil.

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