On a clear day in the distance   You can see her 'cross the bay   She's a sleeping, sleeping lady   And Susitna is her name      Sparkling clear her deep brown eyes were   Warm as sunlight her golden skin   She was sworn to great Denali   Strong and true their love had been      As they prepared to be newly wedded   On the shores of the Bering Sea   There came the thunder of far-off battle   And brave Denali took his leave      No bow and arrow, no kind of weapon   No arm of war did Denali bear   Just a promise for his lover   And a lock of her silken hair      My Susitna, close your eyes and sleep   For your love my heart will yearn   And I'll be with you in your very dream   'Til the moment I return      So she lay down there, the very spot where   She had vowed her love to him   Overlooking the peaceful valley   Where the promise had been given      And the moments turned to hours   And the hours into days   And the days turned into season   Still she heard Denali say      My Susitna, close your eyes and sleep   For your love my heart will yearn   And I'll be with you in your very dream   'Til the moment I return      Now every autumn with the shedding   Of the branches and the leaves   One more blanket for Susitna   One more layer of her dreams      Still she'd wait there for his coming   Though in battle he did fall   And the coldest wind of winter   Brings a lonely lover's call      My Susitna, close your eyes and sleep   For your love my heart will yearn   And I'll be with you in your very dream   'Til the moment I return      On a clear day in the distance   You can see her cross the bay   Now we call her Mount Susitna   And she sleeps there to this day      And when the moon goes round from full to new   That's the blinking of her eye   She is looking tot he northern land   Where the great Denali lies      And when the river of that valley flows   Two tall mountains far apart   Share the memory of a time gone by      And the spirit of one heart