[Verse 1]
Look out, Lookout Mountain; the future's comin' down
Big ideas and big machines gonna level out your ground
They're gonna build a castle where the rich folk come and stay
There ain't no voice of reason when there's a fortune to be made
There's a fortune to be made

[Chorus]
I'm leavin' Lookout Mountain
I'm leavin' this life I've known
Leavin' Lookout Mountain
All the good times, they're up and gone
All the good times, they're up and gonе

[Verse 2]
See, I was born and raised here, southеast Tennessee
I thought I'd live and die here with all my family
I gotta go and say goodbye, make way for a second home
Like in the days when the miners came, we lost all control
Yeah, we lost all control

[Chorus]
I'm leavin' Lookout Mountain
I'm leavin' this life I've known
Leavin' Lookout Mountain
All the good times, they're up and gone
All the good times, they're up and gone
[Verse 3]
Once a road that carried me home now carries me far away
Mountains in my rearview as the blue sky fades to gray
Gonna make my way even if I hide on a greener mountainside
To find a place where progress ain't caught up to the times
Ain't caught up to the times

[Chorus]
I'm leavin' Lookout Mountain
I'm leavin' this life I've known
Leavin' Lookout Mountain
All the good times, they're up and gone
All the good times, they're up and gone