THE MOUNTAINS THEY ARE CALLING song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

[based on quotations by John Muir]

how glorious the greeting
the mountain gives to sun
how wonderful the morning
up where the eagles run

nature's peace will flow in you
as sunshine into trees
the winds will make you fresh and new
the storms their energies

the mountains they are calling
and I must go
where or how
I do not know
only that I
must climb the rock and snow
to be where
the blue sky it is falling
and the ground is far below
the mountains they are calling
and I
must go

in wilderness there lies
the hope of all the world
the earth hold in your eyes
as if it were a pearl

we all flow from one soul
we all speak from one love
standing on El Capitan
the range of light above

the mountains they are calling
and I must go
where or how
I do not know
only that I
must climb the rock and snow
to be where
the blue sky it is falling
and the ground is far below
the mountains they are calling
and I
must go

the grand show is eternal
sunrise is somewhere
the sunset lasts forever
on sea and land and air

only here in silence
can you make a start
to be inside the mystery
that lies within the heart

the mountains they are calling
and I must go
where or how
I do not know
only that I
must climb the rock and snow
to be where
the blue sky it is falling
and the ground is far below
the mountains they are calling
and I
must go

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