Uphill Mountain

Lyrics: Jackie Greene
Music: Jackie Greene

Played by Jackie Greene with Weir Robinson and Greene in 2012.

Big Joe Tuner, Elmore James
Street survivor selling walking canes
Says give your babies holy names for me

Now I don't know, but I've been told
You never grow up, you'll never get old
You can watch the world being bought and sold
All on your TV

Sometimes it gets a little rough
Like the wheel's made of steel going an uphill mountain
Better stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
And if you're gonna fall, well you might as well fall

Build a house, make it home
Gonna make a place where I can be alone
Don't the yard look pretty when it?s overgrown
Standing six feet tall

This ain't right, but it's a livin'
You got to take just what you are given
'Cause luck only matters with the cards and the women
And sometimes not at all

Sometimes it gets a little rough
Like the wheel's made of steel going an uphill mountain
Better stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
And if you're gonna fall, well you might as well fall