I have dreamed on this mountain
Since first I was my mother's daughter
And you can't just take my dreams away ­– not with me watching
You may drive a big machine
But I was born a great big woman
And you can't just take my dreams away ­– not with me fighting

This old mountain raised my many daughters
Some died young – some are still living
But if you come here to take our mountain
Well we ain't come here to give it

I have dreamed on this mountain
Since first I was my mother's daughter
And you can't just take my dreams away ­– not with me watching
No you can't just take my dreams away ­– without me fighting
No you can't just take my dreams away

I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change

There is hurting in my family
There is sorrow in my town
There is panic in the nation
There is wailing the whole world round

May the children see more clearly
May the elders be more wise
May the winds of change caress us
Even though it burns our eyes

Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion
Give me a desert to hold my fears
Give me a sunset to hold my wonder
Give me an ocean to hold my tears

A flag over there, a flag over here
Someone rises out of the fear
And puts up a sign that says “Question the War”
In our little town
What kind of grown ups send kids off to die
And to kill for a town without asking why?
Grow smart, grow strong
Teach right from wrong
Some died from drugs and disease or in cars
And we mourn them together because they are ours
Mike hardly walks, his legs blown apart
Taught to be brave right from the start
Thirty years later he wonders what for
Sacrifices ignored
A flag over there, a flag over here
Mike is wheeling along in his chair
And he holds up a sign that says “Question the War”
In our little town

Oh won’t you harbor me ...

Imagine my surprise, I love that I have found you
But I ache all over wanting to know your every dream
Imagine my surprise to find that I love you
Feeling warm all over, knowing that you’ve been alive

Rugged women gone before me
Paving paths like pioneers so often all alone
I dreamed of queens and cinderellas
Facing disappointment when I was grown
Facing disappointment when I was grown

Fire in the rain, fire in the rain
You’re like a fire in the rain, so unexpected
I came upon your love
You came into my life and I had my eyes wide open
Unintending to burn, you offered your light
You offered the warmth of love and I had to learn how
to feel the heat
And not get burned