Rachel Jones - Up To The Mountain (MLK Song) by Patty Griffin - SATB Choir
Rachel Jones singing Patty Griffin's Up To The Mountain (MLK Song) at the West End Collegiate Church in New York City. This song is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's final speech in Memphis, the night before he was assassinated.
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Cynthia Powell, Music Director, Keyboard.
Bill Ellison, Bass.
arr. Mac Huff.
Lyrics
I went up to the mountain
Because you asked me to
Up over the clouds
To where the sky was blue
I could see all around me
Everywhere
I could see all around me
Everywhere
Sometimes I feel like
I've never been nothing but tired
And I'll be walking
Till the day I expire
Sometimes I lay down
No more can I do
But then I go on again
Because you ask me to
Some days I look down
Afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines
I see nothing at all
Then I hear your sweet voice, oh
Oh, come and then go, come and then go
Telling me softly
You love me so
The peaceful valley
Just over the mountain
The peaceful valley
Few come to know
I may never get there
Ever in this lifetime
But sooner or later
It's there I will go
Sooner or later
It's there I will go.
