Round Mountain

[Verse 1]
I left Round Mountain when the last church closed its doors
Half the town was leavin' and they wouldn't miss one more
Change had been a-comin' and I guess that it changed me
Into a woman who was willin' to abandon a family

[Refrain]
Run away from Round Mountain
Run away Miss Emily

[Verse 2]
Married much too young and took no time to bring a life
Into a world where husbands broke their backs for homes run by their wives
Just a baby raisin' babies, I made mistakes and would make more
'Til I ran out chasin' voices that beckoned me from my back door

[Refrain]
Run away from Round Mountain
Run away Miss Emily

[Chorus]
Now I'm headed down to a place where copper wishes go
Tell the ones I left behind I can't do this anymore
All of my transgressions are too heavy to drag around
And the weight they put on me will surely let me sink right down

[Verse 3]
Our four kids were growin' while inside of me a son
I won't stay to be ashamed at the things I know I've done
I was lonely when I let another's husband share my bed
While mine was plowin' fields, I was breakin' vows instead

[Verse 4]
And I looked down into darkness, and I looked up and felt it burn
It was hotter than the fires of hell my crimes would surely earn
I knew what I was doin' as I climbed up and jumped in
Let the murky water cool me, let it wash away my sins

[Chorus]
Now I'm headed down to a place where copper wishes go
Tell the ones I left behind I can't do this anymore
All of my transgressions are too heavy to drag around
And the weight they put on me will surely let me sink right down

[Refrain]
Run away from Round Mountain
Run away Miss Emily

[Refrain]
Run away from Round Mountain
Run away Miss Emily