Spent the last year
Rocky Mountain Way
Couldn't get much higher
Out to pasture
Think it's safe to say
Time to open fire

And we don't need the ladies
Crying 'cause the story's sad

'Cause the Rocky Mountain Way
Is better than the way we had

Well, he's tellin' us this
And he's tellin' us that
Changes it every day
Says it doesn't matter
Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat
Playin' it play by play
Time to change the batter

And we don't need the ladies
Crying 'cause the story's sad

Rocky Mountain Way
Is better than the way we had


Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Nookoh

Rocky Mountain Way Lyrics as written by Joseph Fidler Walsh Joey Vitale

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    It seems like the story of a draft dodger who fled up into the mountains. The nonchalant way he says "Time to open fire" references the war that he was not a part of. "We don't need the ladies crying" is a reference to mothers who lost their sons at war, of which he was not one. "He's telling us this, he's telling us that" is a reference to Nixon lying all the time. I don't know who Casey is unless the line is actually "in case he's at bat" instead of "and Casey's at bat". "Time to change the batter" means getting a new president. The message of the song is that he would rather live up in the mountains than be at war or deal with the ridiculous political situation of 1973 (the year the song was written).

    Nookohon October 24, 2016   Link

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