I Wish I Was A Mountain

Written by Sid Griffin and Steve Simmons

I wish I was a mountain old as time itself

Within my inner prisms were chambers full of wealth

And all my soil was splashed with gold

And led into a mother lode with all my secrets deeply hid

Kept away from every bid

If I would be a mountain instead of me

I wish I was a catfish swimming so inscrutably

Cruising with my brothers floatin' all around me

Stem to stern our lessons learned

In rivers rolling to the sea, with hooks and toxins set upon

In fouled waters we would spawn

I wish I was a catfish instead of me

I wish I was an eagle soaring high as I could see

Espying signs of failure on landscape beneath me

And swooping down upon your town

I'd fix all things for free

I'd liberate and integrate from sea to shining sea

I wish I was an eagle instead of me

I wish I was a rattler a desert snake at play

Searching for my lover and other signs of prey

From Yuma to Saragosa I'd wind and twist and reel

Anything to find you and tell you how I feel

And shakin' with emotion I'd click and clack and hiss

Coiled tight upon my belly with venom such as this

I wish I was a rattler instead of this

And now I stand in opera my crown is slipping down

Falling to my shoulders and soil is on my gown

No prophecy or promised land

Could deal me cards, a better hand

No ancient task could yet endure

This weight pound down to prevent cure

I wish I was a rattler

I wish I was a catfish

I wish I was a mountain instead of me

Published by Coal Tain Tunes/Bug Music Ltd