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We all rode up the mountain on that fateful summer night
Looking for the cabin trying to find the light
The road was steep and twisted didn’t want us to be there
The night was dark and ominous but we didn’t care

We saw a light and followed it and found a cabin there
Old George the miner lived alone George he didn’t care
He told us stories all that night and then he told us what they say
He told us all about a dude they call Lincoln Jose

And he said son the spirit’s strong up on Ute Creek
And it ain’t all that good hear what I speak
The white man raped the land for yellow gold
But the mountain got ‘em back or so I’m told

He said old Linc is gonna shoot you dead if you walk upon his land
But then he said there’s lots of folks who’ll lend a helping hand
We told him thanks and then we walked away with visions in our mind
Wondering what would lie ahead wondering what we’d find

And he said son the spirit’s strong up on Ute Creek
And it ain’t all that good hear what I speak
The white man raped the land for yellow gold
But the mountain got ‘em back or so I’m told

Then we settled in and tried to live
But the mountain seemed to take more than to give
It finally made us leave and others too
‘Course that’s what we were told it would do

And he said son the spirit’s strong up on Ute Creek
And it ain’t all that good hear what I speak
The white man raped the land for yellow gold
But the mountain got ‘em back or so I’m told
Yeah the mountain got ‘em back or so I’m told

©Steve Strong Keys

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from Freeland - Ute Creek Eulogy - 50 Years of Making Music Together, released July 18, 2023

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Tommy Wiggins Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville’s Tommy Wiggins began writing songs by kerosene lamp in a Rocky Mountain cabin. He’s been writing, recording and performing his own funky blend of folky, bluesy, country-funk ever since. Tommy recently bought a camper van and is writing songs along the road. New album in 2022 - "When My Brain Goes On Vacation." When your brain goes on vactation, where do YOU go? ... more

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