First time I saw the pines hangin' on to that ridge line
The mist rolled in, but the fog began to clear
I’m staring at the summit soaring high above the ground
There might not be a heaven, but I'm seeing it now

When I hear that distant thunder
And the sky wakes from its slumber
All the troubles wash away in the mountain rain
The clouds shed all their tears
And it took so many years
All that remains is me and the mountain rain

Through the shifting of the sands
the mountain, it still stands
And it don't care ’bout time or us or change
And it makes mе feel so small, but still connected to it all
Lookin' at the dark clouds around thе range

When I hear that distant thunder
And the sky wakes from its slumber
All the troubles wash away in the mountain rain
The clouds shed all their tears
And if you listen, you can hear
All that remains is the sound of the mountain rain

When I hear that distant thunder
And the sky wakes from its slumber
All the troubles wash away in the mountain rain
The clouds shed all their tears
Like they have for all these years
Way up here, the truth will stake its claim
And it's all just like it was before we came
All that remains is the cold mountain rain