Patty Griffin - Up To The Mountain (MLK Tribute)

Lyrics: [ Up To The Mountain ]

I went up to the mountain
Because you asked me to
Up over the clouds
To where the sky was blue
I could see all around me
Everywhere
I could see all around me
Everywhere

Sometimes I feel like
I've never been nothing but tired
And I'll be working
Till the day I expire
Sometimes I lay down
No more can I do
But then I go on again
Because you ask me to

Some days I look down
Afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines
I see nothing at all
Then I hear your sweet voice, oh
Oh, come and then go, come and then go
Telling me softly
You love me so

The peaceful valley
Just over the mountain
The peaceful valley
Few come to know
I may never get there
Ever in this lifetime
But sooner or later
It's there I will go
Sooner or later
It's there I will go

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Patty
• Griffin
• live
• MLK
• Speach
• Martin
• Luther
• King

[69christine711]

Healing song, respect for that wonderful woman! Her voice creates peace and harmony. God bless Patty!

[asdisciple18]

Disliking a song like this is like disliking all that is good in this life.

[jsharp1701]

@TreasureOne Exactly. Why should there be any shame in voice coaching? That's like saying you should be ashamed of guitar or piano lessons. The voice is an instrument and a fragile one at that. If you're going to use it for fifty-odd years to make a living, you must learn the best techniques to keep from destroying it.

[1023Coyote]

what do you see? just a computer monitor? the wall behind it? the street behind that? the city and highways, beaches, mountains, and maybe oceans beyond it. ? that's what this song is about.

[CommentsSurvey]

Thank you so much for posting this and thank you Patty Griffin for writing, recording and performing this all important song. It's a hymn, really, and a goal for us all. We need more inspiration like this in the world... Songs like this remind me that I have such a long way to go. But we keep trying. If MLK could, I can too.

[theroxors19]

@iWillPlayMusic SO AM I!!!!! I MAY KNOW YOU!

[emilee2u]

good one Patti. Music is also beautifully played

[Sissyfin59]

Josh did it.......I love you!

[UsedToBeAwesome]

josh krajcik sang that beautifully but nicole lawrence nailed it

[cahayabulanmenusukku]

Josh Krajcik brought me here..

[XF4evr]

Absolutely beautiful...I have listened to it on repeat for the last hour.....incredible. I love this song...this voice. PERFECT!

[TreasureOne]

Absolutely right. As for being coached, don't be fooled. Every singer out there receives coaching. Many hide this fact, because the public is impressed by believing it's all "natural." Virtually the only famous singer who didn't receive coaching was Whitney Houston. She paid the price for her ego. Her vocal anatomy was WEAKENED by drugs, but was ultimately ruined because she was a very tense singer who refused to seek help. Watch her old vids and look at the tension in her throat/jaw. Scary.