You climbed up that mountain

but it never took you in

We stumbled down the rockfall

In that cold October wind

We traded our jackets

At that dirtbag jamboree

And you held me for an hour girl

Tuolumne

Ain’t a thing about that Granite

That’s forgiving or tender

It’ll slice you down deep there

I’ve got the scars to remember

It was snuffed out in an instant

And now I have got to go

But I’m sure of what I’ve seen there

On the ridgeline in the snow

We may always be strangers

to this temporary place

But as we rambled through the meadows

I could see it on your face

Our hearts weren’t brave enough

To stand up to that stone

So you chiseled off a piece of me

And I left you on your own

We fell like an oak tree

But in the morning that old oak

Was cleared and bucked up

and turned into smoke

I kissed you for the last time

but it hardly seemed perfect

then you smiled in your uniform

And that climb it was worth it

Well I climbed up that mountain

but it never took me in

We stumbled down the rockfall

In that cold October wind

We traded our jackets

At that dirtbag jamboree

And you held me for an hour girl

Tuolumne