We planned to leave early    And to pack unheavy    Because the truck was getting full.    But the same old fear    At the end of the year    Wouldn't let us leave so soon.       The Blue Ridge Mountains were calling,    The rain was falling,    The wind was in our faces.    And above the sound    Of the engine I found us    Arriving at those places.       I've heard you say a    Thousand times    That we could never leave    This town,    But where were you last night    When the sun went down.       The rain proved steady    And as our packs wore heavy    With the weight of our survival.    The woods rang loud    With the love of our God    And the sound of our revival.    The summer wind turned colder    As the day grew older,    The night would soon surround us.    The Curtis Falls    Had a view of it all    As the snow fell all around us.       I've heard you say a    Thousand times    That we could never leave    This town,    But where were you last night    When the sun went down.       I was singing alone,    You were standing on the side.    And the water so warm    As you walked the mountain side,    And you washed my feet and cried.       Well, the days passed quickly    And our time was over    Three souls the same in sorrow.    But the Reds and rain    Put an intimate stain    On the start of our tomorrow.       And soon our pieces will scatter    In a world of anger,    The only thing to free us    Is the part of man    That we don't understand    That found a place between us.       I've heard you say a    Thousand times    That we could never leave    This town,    But where were you last night    When the sun went down.