Magnolia Mountain

Lyrics: Ryan Adams et al
Music: Ryan Adams et al

Played by Ryan Adams with Phil Lesh and Friends in 2005.

I want to go to Magnolia Mountain
And lay my weary head down
Down on the rocks
On the mountain my savior made
Steady my soul and ease my worry
Hold me when I rattle like a hummingbird hummin'
Tie me to the rocks on the mountain my saviour made

Lie to me
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
If the morning don't come, will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down
Till I'm heavy like the rocks on the riverbed
That my saviour made (for us) (note 1)

I want to be the bluebird singing
Singing to the roses in her yard
The roses in her yard her father grew for her
It's been raining that Tennessee honey
So long I got too heavy to fly
Ain't no bluebird ever gets too heavy to sing

Lie to me
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
And if the morning don't come, will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down
Till I'm heavy like the rocks in the riverbed
That my saviour made (for us)

We burned the cotton fields down in the valley
And ended up with nothing but scars
The scars became the lessons that we gave to our children after the war
But there ain't nothing but the truth up on the Magnolia Mountain
Where nobody ever dies
Steady your soul and ease your worry
They got a room for you

Lie to me like I lie to you
Calm me down until the morning comes
And if the morning don't come
Lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down
All heavy like the rocks in the riverbed
That my saviour made
For us
Notes
(1) thanks to Michael Scroggins for pointing out the "for us" echo

Ryan Adams Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
     2005 Cold Roses Ryan Adams and the Cardinals

Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography

 


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