Got no business crying, living out beyond the blue
High on paper mountain, where you live the lie you choose
You turn to face your neighbors and you never meet an eye
The currents overtake, the inks not even dry

High on paper mountain where the black river flows
Peace is just a legend, no one knows
But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go
So will paper mountain

Your reading that old story, it's a dire circumstance
You comment on the image, a little face behind the fence
The mission bells are ringing for a mother and a child
You say all the news is bad and your on to something else

High on paper mountain where the black river flows
Peace is just a legend, no one knows
But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go
So will paper mountain

The desert night is stirring as paper mountain moves
The rios running wild and the cactus are in bloom
She's clinging to her freedom and her peace beneath the stars
The eagle spreads her talons, there's a rattle in the dark

High on paper mountain where the black river flows
Peace is just a legend that no one knows
But the old gods have fallen, the people watched them go
So will paper mountain