Never had no runnin water no electricity.
He raised his own tabacco
he alway's said you can't go wrong
in life if you do whats mountain right.
Stand your ground straight and
go down proud if you must fall this
has alway's been our land and I
and when I die I'll know that
A car rolled up one day with US
The interstate is coming through
you can't live here anymore,
grandpa before and I ain't
giving up without a fight.
I'm Gunna do what's Mountain Right.
Well they came back to give him one
last chance to change his mind.
They came with guns and dogs and talked
through megaphones this time.
The old man said I told you once
if you boy's don't shoot first,
well I just might and I'll
Now if you gas up in dixon ask anyone
in town they'll point you to a
cabin that the highway goes around
you can read the head stone where
his eppitatt is found says god may
judge him in a diffrent lite but
here he was Mountain Right he stood
his ground stright and tall
Mountain Right said I'll fall proud if
I must fall this had always
been his land and he loved
when he died he knew inside
