Rocky Mountain High (Live at the Sydney Opera House, Australia - November 1977)

He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year

Coming home to a place he'd never been before

He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again

You might say he found a key for every door

When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away

On the road and hangin' by a song

But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care

It keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long

But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky

The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby

Rocky Mountain high (Colorado)

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below

He saw everything as far as you can see

And they say that he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun

And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams

Seeking grace in every step he takes

His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand

The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky

Talk to God and listen to the casual reply

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear

Of a simple thing, he cannot comprehend

While they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more

More people, more scars upon the land

And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly

Rocky Mountain high

Colorado Rocky Mountain high

I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky

Friends around the campfire and everybody's high

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)