I stood on a mountain and I looked down below I came up here to see the valleys so green And the hills where the tall timber grows Now they cut down the timber, left the hills in a shroud And a low mournful sound abides in the ground Where the woods once stood silent and proud And the wicked wind blows and it cuts through my clothes Finding its way to my soul There’s nowhere to hide and it eats me inside Leaves just an empty black hole I spent years of my childhood in this kingdom of mine And I knew this land like the back of my hand Where I always could find peace of mind Now the cold rain is fallin’ from a colorless sky On a land primed in grey with just hard rocks and clay I hang my head down and I cry