Just you and me and a little white pup   Sittin' here waiting for the sun to come up   To keep the chill away   Drinkin' our coffee at the first crack of dawn   Watchin' a doe while she nuzzles her fawn   It's my favorite time of the day      CHORUS:   High lonesome   God don't ever let this mountain change   High lonesome   I hope you will always stay the same      Sometimes in the evening when everything's still   Sweet mountain music floats over the hill   On a laurel-scented breeze   Sometimes when nightbirds are scolding the mist   I think I might know where heaven is   It's just above the trees      CHORUS      Watchin' my summertimes turnin' to falls   Seein' my son growing honest and tall   Keeps me satisfied   If I live forever or I die today   All I would ask is you just let me lay   Here on this mountainside      CHORUS