Lowlands Lyrics - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

(GUITAR INTRO) 

I heard a song that was taught to a baby 

and it made the mountain sing 

I knew a gift that was given to my lady 

it was hidden in a dream 

and there's a light in the lowlands 

and a river that runs so clean 

I'm a poor man feelin' lazy 

and the lowlands are callin' my name 

(hymnal-like chant) 

I knew a man who said he was a stranger 

'cause his heart he could not trust 

I knew a man who could not face the dangers 

even though he knew he must