[Verse 1]
He smells of woodsmoke and needles of pine
There's dirt on those hands that'll hold me all night
I run my cold fingers slow through his beard
And I wonder if while he's dreaming he hears
The wolf crying at that yellow moon
'Cause if he does he'll be leaving me soon

[Chorus]
'Cause he's free like the river that runs
And he needs fresh air in his lungs
And he leaves whenever he comes
To get back to thе sky and the land
Oh, he's strong like thе rocks and the trees
He belongs somewhere far away from me
The kind of mysterious I'll never quite understand
He's a mountain man

[Verse 2]
His bed is the grass, and his blanket's the stars
He lets the wind sing while he plays his guitar
Soon as I reach out to pull him in close
The voice in the woods calls him to come home

[Chorus]
'Cause he's free like the river that runs
And he needs fresh air in his lungs
And he leaves whenever he comes
To get back to the sky and the land
Oh, he's strong like the rocks and the trees
He belongs somewhere far away from me
The kind of mysterious I'll never quite understand
He's a mountain man
Mountain man
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm just a valley on the way to a peak
He tells me I'm beautiful but he'll never choose me

[Chorus]
'Cause he's free like the river that runs
And he needs fresh air in his lungs
And he leaves whenever he comes
To get back to the sky and the land
Oh, he's strong like the rocks and the trees
He belongs somewhere far away from me
The kind of mysterious I'll never quite understand
He's the kind of mysterious I'll never quite understand
He's a mountain man
He's a mountain man