I came here from the city   A thousand miles away   I came just for a little while   You know I never meant to stay   I meant to take my pleasure   Have a good time and be gone   But I fell in love with a lady   Now I sing a mountain song   I listened to the music   Of the night wind in the pines   I've seen the quiet splendor   Of a field of columbine   I skied on crystal pathways   To a mountain peak so tall   And I walked the mighty summits   With the one who made it all   And I fell in love with a lady   'Cause I've seen her at her best   And I've walked her wild and rugged paths   Through her open wilderness   And now I never can betray her   Steal her riches and be gone   'Cause when you fall in love with a lady   You gotta sing a mountain song   Now people come from everywhere   To see what they can find   And some take lots of pictures   And some just take their time   But they're some who take her beauty   That can't be bought or sold   And they think of only money   While destroying wealth untold   But you fall in love with a lady   When you've slept upon her breast   And when you've walked her wild and rugged paths   To her open wilderness   And you never can betray her   Steal her riches and be gone   'Cause when you fall in love with a lady   You gotta sing a mountain song