Hornsby bruce stander on the mountain lyrics

(by Bruce R. Hornsby)

 

 And he stands at the banquet room bar

 Looking over the crowd

 The reunion band playing too loud

 And he sees his fellow old star

 Looks him up and down

 Sees a little of himself in his frown

 

 The stander on the mountain

 Looking for the fountain to drink some

 To think some

 King of the mountain

 Nothing could be found

 Of the old ways, the old days

 When he was the one

 And the stander on the mountain runs

 

 Let us sit and talk of old times

 That's what we're supposed to do

 And you don't look a day over thirty-two

 Yes, we were so funny and wild

 There's an old friend of mine

 Says I'm looking back most all the time

 

 And the stander on the mountain

 Listens to the sound

 Of the city streets, the lonely beat

 The town he once owned

 King of the mountain

 Nothing could be found

 From the old ways, the old days

 When he was the one

 And the stander on the mountain runs

 King of the hill runs away

 

 Oh, she's knocking on your door tonight

 Oh, she wants to see if she remembers right

 Say, won't you come out tonight

 Alright

 They drive to the lookout hill

 

 And when it was over

 They sat there and looked back

 Tomorrow was way in the distance

 Tomorrow was a long time away

 Nobody thought much about it

 And there's nothing wrong

 If we live for today

 

 I recall when you filled it on up

 And you bowed to the crowd

 The girls in the short skirts

 Screaming loud

 

 The stander on the mountain

 Looking for the fountain

 To drink some, to think some

 About the old days

 Big man around town

 Nothing could be found

 Of the old ways, the old days

 When he was the one

 And the stander on the mountain runs