Mountain in the Sky

I am just a poor boy, headed up from Egypt
Got no occupation or any known relation
I'm headed out to Carmel to where the man was burning
His words fell on the water and seeded this old yearning
To climb that mountain in the sky

I've walked so many rivers my feet are made of water
All the tales I'm telling are from the lips of rivers
You can't catch the water, it slips right through your fingers
Even if you fought her, the memory still lingers
As you climb that mountain in the sky

In the sky, the mountain peaks so high
They pierce on through the clouds
To where the air is clear
Up on high, those murderers all die
They cannot cloud you eye
On that mountain in the sky

In the darkened village where the man was hanging
Where the man was pillaged with the crowd haranguing
I carried my burden, hid it like a torah
Wrapped up in a wording to unravel in Gomorrah

In the sky, the mountain peaks so high
They pierce on through the clouds
To where the air is clear
Up on high, those murderers all die
They cannot cloud you eye
On that mountain in the sky

Time has come to tarry, river to the ocean
Souls have joined to marry to seek some greater notion
Wheel pressed to the metal, the brakes complaining
The rose has cast a petal, the engine it is straining
To climb that mountain in the sky

In the sky, the mountain peaks so high
They pierce on through the clouds
To where the air is clear
Up on high, those murderers all die
They cannot cloud you eye
On that mountain in the sky