Black Mountain Ballad

When the night wind rustles the far away eaves Rolling down the long valley through the cottonwood trees And the wild river rises with last season's rains I awake in the darkness and I call your name I lie awake and I know that sleep won't come soon I watch the headlights crawl up and down the wall of my lonely room I think of that club by the river where we danced on and on I swore our love could last forever and you laughed on and on There's a highway over yonder lit by a moon pale and cold Where together we would wonder before our love grew old There were roadside stands and a hundred faces we would never know But we held tight to each other and you said "John, I love you so" I wanna weep but the tears won't run I wanna sleep but the sleep don't come Last night I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea Where the waters of the Mystery River go rushing endlessly All she said was "I'm sorry, Joe, but I gotta go" We had it once, but we ain't got it anymore