Been To The Mountain

Lyrics for Been To The Mountain

I got nothing to prove I got nothing to sell I'm not buying what you've got I ain't ringing no bells I got a mint in my pocket Got a bullet in my teeth I'm going straight in the fire I'm gonna talk to the high priest Used to be a lover Queen and a drifter A cowboy devil A bride in a box A pilgrim and a thief But it was me underneath I just know who I'm not And that's alright with me, alright Alright Can't tell me nothing, baby And that's a fact I have been to the mountain and back Alright Well, I wish I was God But I'm glad that I'm not 'Cause I think too much Got my head in a knot World's on fire Better save your brother I've been a child And I've been a mother I've been a victim And I've been a tumor Used to be a waitress But now I'm a consumer I've been on food stamps I've been out of my mind I'm rolled in dirty dollars Stood in the welfare line I've been a number I've been under attack I have been to the mountain and back Alright Alright I've been a dancer A saint, an assassin I've been a nobody A trucker driver shaman So many seasons That I've been adrift Sometimes I wonder If I even exist Do you ever walk down the street And do you think to yourself "Am I being watched, man? Am I on the list?" Well, I've been called Every name in the book, honey Go on, take your best shot Take your best shot, take your best shot I got my back to remind me Aim in my heart Go on, take your best shot, now I am a hunter and I am the hunted I am a baby, I'm wanted I'm alchemist, teacher I'm a sinner, I'm a preacher And I know that there's more here than this As I stare in the void of the black mountain vacuum I know the scent Of death like a perfume No, this ain't the end This ain't the end, this ain't the end, this ain't the end Ooh, take off your tired eyes Undress your goodbyes, 'cause I have been to the mountain I have been to the mountain I have been to the mountain I have been to the mountain and back, alright Alright Can't tell me nothing, baby And that's a fact I have been to the mountain and back Alright Alright Alright