The High Lonesome Circuit

Verse 1

White oak

Branches bending low

The creek water runs cold through the mossy stones

I hear a ghost in the wires

Silver humming in the pine

Mama sang

The valley wakes up slow

Chorus

High lonesome wire

Crossing the ridge

The valley is wide but I found the bridge

Deep in the canyon

Where the golden light stays

I am lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

Lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

Verse 2

Dust

Settles on the amp

The circuit boards are breathing in the mountain damp

Listen to the wood scream

Watch the magnetic tape spin

Singing for the morning

Waiting for the sun to thin

Cold blue sky

Above the timber line

Chorus

High lonesome wire

Crossing the ridge

The valley is wide but I found the bridge

Deep in the canyon

Where the golden light stays

I am lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

Lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

Bridge

Broken strings and copper rings

The pedal clicks

The signal sings

Everything is moving

Everything is new

The mountain is turning

From green into blue

From green into blue

Turning

Turning

Chorus

High lonesome wire

Crossing the ridge

The valley is wide but I found the bridge

Deep in the canyon

Where the golden light stays

I am lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

I am lost in the mountain

I am lost in the mountain

Lost in the haze

Outro

Across the ridge

Through the wire

Higher

Higher

Smoke on the water

Light in the trees

I am finally

Free