I Wish I Was A Mountain
from Little Victories by Sid Griffin
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Written by Sid Griffin and Steve Simmons
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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
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
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from Little Victories,
released July 2, 2020
© Sid Griffin and Steve Simmons
Published by Coal Tain Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
© Sid Griffin and Steve Simmons
Published by Coal Tain Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
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Sid Griffin London, UK
Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan. ... more
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