Leaving the Mountain

[Verse 1] We were leaving the mountain, it needed the day I watched as the whiteness melted away Our driver liked talking, with the hills in his eyes And he mentioned a forest buried in ice [Chorus] He wanted to go and show it off glistening And it all came alive in our listening I could hear crisp Edelweiss Just in the words that rang in my mind It really did glow like art in a gallery In the mind, and then it was vanishing And that place that was there Deep in thе land It put something new in the air [Verse 2] Down in the valley, homes letting out smoke And signs of landslides, I saw as he spoke Dad said "let's go there, it's right on our way" But we didn't have time to, we'll see it someday [Chorus] He wanted to go and show it off glistening And it all came alive in our listening I could hear crisp Edelweiss Just in the words that rang in my mind It really did glow like art in a gallery In the mind, and then it was vanishing And that place in the land One of those things you try But you can't understand [Outro] One of those things you try But you can't understand