Someone left a child and did not even care Before the first shots of the battle here had even pierced the air Yes, they run now like them children to those arms of mother earth Trying to pretend as if there was a day before their very birth But, me I just grab these ropes that me and mine have left behind And I stare up to that mountain that I know I got to climb I keep towin that line Mmmmmm I keep towin that line Mmmmmm But, down in basements choked with smoke child of the past All them dreams come up for air round here but they can only gasp All them old men they sit staring as life slips out of their grips Only to fall and disappear beyond their cracked old fingertips But, me I just grab these ropes me and mine have left behind Yes, I stare up to that mountain that I know I've got to climb I keep towin that line Mmmmmm I keep towin that line Mmmmmm (Break) I keep towin that line Mmmmmm I keep towin that line Mmmmmm But down in ditches by that road I call my own All of you come a cussin' now all and all just throwing stones Yes they're big men now to settle down and life's so stale and cold As if I had to spend my life the way they do just as they're told So if you should find me living low when the miles have passed me by And it seems that I have left now all that I could love behind I'm just towin that line Mmmmmm I'm just towin that line Mmmmmm