He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year   Coming home to a place he'd never been before   Left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again   Might say he found a key for ev'ry door      When he first came to the mountains his life was far away   On the road and hangin' by a song   But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care   Keeps changin' fast, it don't last for long      Colorado Rocky Mountain high   I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky   The shadow from the starlight   Is softer than a lullaby   Rocky Mountain high   Rocky Mountain high      He climbed cathedral mountains   Saw silver clouds below   Saw everything as far as you can see   And they say that he got crazy once   And he tried to touch the sun   And he lost a friend but kept his memory      Now, he walks in quiet solitude   The forests and the streams   Seeking grace in every step he takes   His sight has turned inside   Himself to try and understand   The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake      The Colorado Rocky Mountain high   I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky   You talk to God, listen to the casual reply   Rocky Mountain high   Rocky Mountain high      Now his life is full of wonder   But his heart still knows some fear   Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend   Why they try to tear the mountains down   To bring in a couple more   More people, more scars upon the land      And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high   I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky   He know he'd be a poorer man   If he never saw an eagle fly   Rocky Mountain high   It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high      I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky   Friends around the campfire   Everybody's high   Rocky Mountain high   Rocky Mountain high   Rocky Mountain high   Rocky Mountain high