[ti:Father Mountain] [ar:Iron & Wine/Calexico] [al:Father Mountain] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Father Mountain - Iron/Calexico/Wine/Calexico and Iron [00:02.52]Lyrics by:Sam Beam [00:05.05]Composed by:Calexico [00:07.57]Well my father built a mansion on the mountain [00:14.00]I was chasing my Teresa around a tree [00:20.23]We were kicking precious stones [00:22.94]Sinking ships and swimming home [00:25.94]Only crazy for the comfort of our clothes [00:32.54]Well my father built a mansion on the mountain [00:39.00]My Teresa dragged her hand across my brow [00:44.92]She said "The weather's never fair [00:47.61]The wind can only blow your hair" [00:50.82]And I believed her well enough or didn't care [00:57.15]Everyone knows and they don't know [01:04.47]Chandelier light ain't love [01:09.90]It just watches the time go [01:16.93]Across the marble floor out the order mail door [01:22.78]Even rain can hear it running off the road [01:41.36]Well my father built a mansion on the mountain [01:47.65]My Teresa threw me kisses through the core [01:53.76]We read the writing on the wall [01:56.65]Braced each other for the fall [01:59.64]There's only one way or the mountain after all [02:06.27]Well my father built a mansion on the mountain [02:12.70]It was me and my Teresa against the world [02:18.56]We took all the river had to give [02:21.57]Broke the bed and bought a grill [02:24.51]But left the mountain mansion nothing to forget