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Magnolia Mountain Lyrics
I want to go to Magnolia Mountain
And lay my weary head down
Down on the rocks on the mountain my saviour made
Steady my soul and ease my worry
Hold me when I rattle
Like a hummingbird humming
Tie me to the rocks on the mountain my saviour made
Lie to me
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
If the morning comes
Will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down till I'm heavy
Like the rocks on the riverbed that my saviour made
I want to be the bluebird singing
Singing to the roses in the yard
The roses in the yard her father grew for her
But it's been raining that Tennessee honey so long
I got too heavy to fly
But ain't been no bluebird ever get to heavy to sing
Lie to me
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
If the morning comes
Will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down till I'm heavy
Like the rocks on the riverbed that my saviour made
We burned the cotton fields down in the valley
And ended up with nothing but scars
The scars became lessons
that we gave to our children
After the war, but there ain't nothing
But the truth up on Magnolia Mountain
Where nobody ever dies
Steady your soul and ease your worry
They got a room for you
Lie to me, like I lie to you
Calm me down until the morning comes
And if the morning don't come, lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
will you lay me down all heavy like the rocks
On a riverbed that my saviour made
For us
And lay my weary head down
Down on the rocks on the mountain my saviour made
Steady my soul and ease my worry
Hold me when I rattle
Like a hummingbird humming
Tie me to the rocks on the mountain my saviour made
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
If the morning comes
Will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down till I'm heavy
Like the rocks on the riverbed that my saviour made
Singing to the roses in the yard
The roses in the yard her father grew for her
But it's been raining that Tennessee honey so long
I got too heavy to fly
But ain't been no bluebird ever get to heavy to sing
Sing me a song
Sing me a song until the morning comes
If the morning comes
Will you lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
Will you lay me down till I'm heavy
Like the rocks on the riverbed that my saviour made
And ended up with nothing but scars
The scars became lessons
that we gave to our children
After the war, but there ain't nothing
But the truth up on Magnolia Mountain
Where nobody ever dies
Steady your soul and ease your worry
They got a room for you
Calm me down until the morning comes
And if the morning don't come, lie to me
Will you take me to your bed
will you lay me down all heavy like the rocks
On a riverbed that my saviour made
For us
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why has no one commented on this song yet? This song is amazing. Ryan Adams is such a genius it's not even cool.
my interpretation of it is that the character in the song (may be fictional) is longing for this one place (magnolia mountain) to help him with all his troubles... the repeating stanzas which start with "lie to me...etc." spell out the fact that hes trying to ignore his problems and "settle his soul" on magnolia mountain because he feels serenity there since his saviour built the place.. although i do believe its fictional-- someplace thats not actually real; fictional in his mind great song, lyrical genious
its incredible that there are only two comments on this song. really a lyrical masterpiece.
100% agreed.
100% agreed.
Probably waaay too literal of an interpretation, but there's a place in NC called Mountain Magnolia Inn. Maybe reversed it cause it sounds better? "They got a room for you." There's a hot springs (rocks and riverbed references) and it was built in 1868, just after the civil war. "We burned the cotton fields down in the valley / And ended up with nothing but scars / The scars became lessons / that we gave to our children / After the war." Who knows with Adams? He is brilliant but has a lot of obscure references, but you don't have to understand all the lyrics to enjoy the songs because he is talented.
This is one of the best alt-country songs ever written. So there's that.
I feel like it's a about a concept of heaven.
Um, every line is from a Grateful Dead song. No hidden meanings, it's a tribute to the Grateful Dead. Google it.
This is a great song. It is clearly about drugs with a nod to the Grateful dead's "Sugar Magnolia". He gets so upset with the ways of the cruel world that he wants to disappear to Magnolia Mountain (get high) and "steady his soul and ease his worry". The words "rocks, heavy, and fly" are purposefully used, as is the phrase "rattle like a hummingbird". He is so disgusted with the cruelty of humanity that he wishes he was a bluebird singing, and a bluebird never gets too heavy to sing. Furthermore is the line "we burn the cotton fields down in the valley". The "valley" represents the cruel world, and the "cotton fields" represent the nature that man has destroyed leaving us scars. Finally describing "the scars became the lessons that we gave our children after the war". War represents the greatest evil of all, the worst part about the cruel world that he is trying to hide away from. Truly a fabulous song, I think Jerry Garcia would be proud.
I think Magnolia Mountain is about racism.
Chorus: religion lies to the us. It will forgive you for unspeakable acts.
Bluebird verse is about people wanting freedom from their own situation, whether it be race or physical.
Cotton fields burning verse: the reality of racism vs religion extremism. And how you can always ask for forgiveness even if you what you do is wrong.
That made my saviour made for me; and us: as in just us, not them.