Got no business crying, living out beyond the blue High on paper mountain, where you live the lie you choose Turn to face your neighbors and you never meet an eye The currents overtake, the ink's not even dry High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Where peace is just a legend no one knows But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go So will paper mountain ♪ You're reading that old story, it's a dire circumstance You comment on the image, a little face behind the fence The mission bells are ringing for a mother and a child You say all the news is bad and you're on to something else High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Peace is just a legend and no one knows But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go So will paper mountain ♪ The desert night is stirring as paper mountain moves The Rio's running wild and the cactus are in bloom She's clinging to her freedom and her peace beneath the stars The eagle spreads her talons, there's a rattle in the dark High on paper mountain, where the black river flows Where peace is just a legend and no one knows But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go So will paper mountain