Story Behind The Song
With Chip's many travels, he holds great friendship's in Montana; particularly near Yellowstone. While visiting there, he was able to imagine himself in the shoes of the brave citizens who built the first US railroads. He tried to reflect those feelings in his lyrics as he imagined how they must've been moved by the sheer natural beauty encompassing that vast wilderness called the Rockies.
Song Description
Chip travels a lot. He often was in awe of the scenic beauty of the Rocky Mountain region. He tried to put himself in the shoes of the pioneers who built the first US railroads - what they saw and how they might've felt.
| Song Length |
3:03 |
Genre |
Folk - General, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Content |
Subject |
Existence, Mountains, Hills |
| Similar Artists |
Kenny Rogers, James Taylor |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Mountain Pines
by Chip Sharratt
Bozeman Montana and I'm working on the line. Long days for little pay, and I'm just biding time, 'Cause when I lay these tracks clear to the coast, I ain't gonna stay. I'll be on the first locomotive coming back this way.
I'm talking 'bout blue skies, mountain pines! What kind of man would leave this all behind? You know I'm on my way and I'll be back some day to these blue skies and Rocky Mountain pines. Rocky Mountain pines.
Well, I've been driving these spikes with all my might for what seems a thousand days. Pork bits and hominy grits ain't little more than pay. It ain't work or play, or judgement day that showed me where I'm bound. It's mountain pines, not railroad lines that's turned my head around.
I'm talking 'bout blue skies, mountain pines! What kind of man would leave this all behind? You know I'm on my way and I'll be back some day to these blue skies and Rocky Mountain pines. Talking 'bout blue skies, mountain pines! What kind of man would leave this all behind? You know I'm on my way and I'll be back some day to these blue skies and Rocky Mountain pines. Rocky Mountain pines. Oh yeah now, Rocky Mountain pines. Rocky Mountain pines.
c 1991/2001 Chip Sharratt