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"Remember The Mountain Bed"
Do you still sing of the mountFain bed we made of limbs and leavCes? Bb  
Do you sBbtill sigh there near the sky where the holly berry bleeds? F  C  
You laugheFd as I covered Bbyou over with leaves. Face, breast, hips, and thighs
You smiled when I said Fthe leaveBbs were just the color of youFr eyes 
Rosin smFells and turpentine smells from eucCalyptus and pine Bb  
Bitter tBbastes of Ftwigs Cwe chewed where tangled wood vines twine 
Trees heFld us in Bbon all four sides so thick we could not see 
I could Fnot see Bbany wrong in you, and you saw noFne in me 
Your arm Fwas broCwn agaiBbnst the ground, your cheeks part of the sky 
Your finBbgers plaFyed witCh grassy moss, as limber you did lie 
Your stoFmach movBbed beneath your shirt and your knees were in the air 
Your feeFt played Bbgames Fwith mountain roots as you lay thinking there 
Below us Fthe trees grew clumps of trees, raised Cfamilies of trees, and they Bb  
As proud Bbas we tFossed their heaCds in the wind and flung good seeds away 
The sun Fwas hot Bband the sun was bright down in the valley below 
Where peFople staBbrved anFd hungry for life so empty come and go 
There in Fthe shaCde and Bbhid from the sun we freed our minds and learned 
Our greaBbtest reaFson for Cbeing here, our bodies moved and burned 
There on Four mouBbntain bed of leaves we learned life's reason why 
The peopFle laugh Bband loFve and dream, they fight, they hate to die 
The smelFl of your hair I Cknow iBbs still there, if most of our leaves are blown 
Our wordBbs still Fring in Cthe brush and the trees where singing seeds are sown 
Your shaFpe and fBborm is dim but plain, there on our mountain bed 
I see my Flife waBbs brighFtest where you laughed and laid your head... 
I learneFd the reCason why man muBbst work and how to dream big dreams 
To conquFer time Cand space and fight the rivers and the seas 
I stand Fhere filBbled with my emptiness now and look at city and land 
And I knFow why fBbarms anFd cities are built by hot, warm, nervous hands 
I crosseFd many sCtates jBbust to stand here now, my face all hot with tears 
I crosseFd city, and vallCey, desert, and stream, to bring my body here 
My histoFry and fBbuture blaze bright in me and all my joy and pain 
Go throuFgh my heBbad on oFur mountain bed where I smell your hair again. 
All this Fday lonCg I linger here Bband on in through the night 
My greedFs, desirCes, my cravings, hopes, my dreams inside me fight: 
My lonelFiness heBbaled, my emptiness filled, I walk above all pain 
  Back tFo the brBbeast of Fmy woman and child to scatter my seeds again

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Remember The Mountain Bed

by Billy Bragg

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"Remember The Mountain Bed"

F C Bb

Do you still sing of the mountain bed we made of limbs and leaves?

Bb F C

Do you still sigh there near the sky where the holly berry bleeds?

F Bb

You laughed as I covered you over with leaves. Face, breast, hips, and thighs

F Bb F

You smiled when I said the leaves were just the color of your eyes

F C Bb

Rosin smells and turpentine smells from eucalyptus and pine

Bb F C

Bitter tastes of twigs we chewed where tangled wood vines twine

F Bb

Trees held us in on all four sides so thick we could not see

F Bb F

I could not see any wrong in you, and you saw none in me

F C Bb

Your arm was brown against the ground, your cheeks part of the sky

Bb F C

Your fingers played with grassy moss, as limber you did lie

F Bb

Your stomach moved beneath your shirt and your knees were in the air

F Bb F

Your feet played games with mountain roots as you lay thinking there

F C Bb

Below us the trees grew clumps of trees, raised families of trees, and they

Bb F C

As proud as we tossed their heads in the wind and flung good seeds away

F Bb

The sun was hot and the sun was bright down in the valley below

F Bb F

Where people starved and hungry for life so empty come and go

F C Bb

There in the shade and hid from the sun we freed our minds and learned

Bb F C

Our greatest reason for being here, our bodies moved and burned

F Bb

There on our mountain bed of leaves we learned life's reason why

F Bb F

The people laugh and love and dream, they fight, they hate to die

F C Bb

The smell of your hair I know is still there, if most of our leaves are blown

Bb F C

Our words still ring in the brush and the trees where singing seeds are sown

F Bb

Your shape and form is dim but plain, there on our mountain bed

F Bb F

I see my life was brightest where you laughed and laid your head...

F C Bb

I learned the reason why man must work and how to dream big dreams

F C

To conquer time and space and fight the rivers and the seas

F Bb

I stand here filled with my emptiness now and look at city and land

F Bb F

And I know why farms and cities are built by hot, warm, nervous hands

F C Bb

I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears

F C

I crossed city, and valley, desert, and stream, to bring my body here

F Bb

My history and future blaze bright in me and all my joy and pain

F Bb F

Go through my head on our mountain bed where I smell your hair again.

F C Bb

All this day long I linger here and on in through the night

F C

My greeds, desires, my cravings, hopes, my dreams inside me fight:

F Bb

My loneliness healed, my emptiness filled, I walk above all pain

F Bb F

Back to the breast of my woman and child to scatter my seeds again

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