He was born in the summer
of his twenty-seventh year
Coming home to a place
he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him
You might say he was born again
You might say he found
a key for every door
When he first came to the mountains
His life was far away
On the road and hanging by a song
But the string's already broken
and he really doesn't care
It keeps changin' fast
and it doesn't last for long
It's a Colorado Rocky Mountain High
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
The shadows from the starlight
are softer than a lullabye
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High
He cimbed cathredal mountains
He saw silver clouds below
Saw everything as far as you can see
And they say he got crazy once
and tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend
but kept the memory
Now he walks in quiet solitude
the forest and the stream
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight is turned inside himself
to try and understand
the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain High
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
You can talk to God
and listen to the casual reply
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High
Now his life is full of wonder
but his heart still knows some fear
of the simple things he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down
to bring in couple more
More people, more scars upon the land
It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain High
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
I know he's a poorer man
if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky Mountain High
It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire
and everybody's high
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High