Charley Pride – Mountain of Love

About the song

Background

“Mountain of Love” is a song recorded by country music legend Charley Pride. It was released in 1982 as part of his album “Everybody’s Choice” and the B-side to the single “Love Is a Shadow.” The song’s writer is Harold K. Dorman.

There’s no definitive information readily available about the song’s inspiration or origin. However, considering Pride’s usual themes and the lyrics themselves, it likely explores a classic country trope of heartbreak and loss.

Themes

The primary theme of “Mountain of Love” is heartbreak and loneliness. The lyrics paint a picture of a man heartbroken after a lost love. He reflects on their past happiness on a metaphorical “mountain of love” and the pain of their separation. The imagery of the wedding bells ringing below adds a layer of sadness, highlighting the lost opportunity for his own happiness.

Lyrics

The song opens with the narrator standing on a mountain, overlooking a city. He’s filled with sorrow, and tears fall like rain down the mountainside. This melancholic scene is juxtaposed with memories of happier times “high on a mountain of love.”

The narrator spends his nights alone, longing for his lost love and hoping for a chance encounter. He feels the mountain itself should be ashamed for the change in his situation.

The lyrics shift to depict a wedding happening below, with church bells ringing. This image intensifies the narrator’s pain as it represents the happiness he could have had. The song ends with him feeling lonely and dreaming of their past love on the “mountain of love.”

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Lyrics

Standing on a mountain looking down on a cityThe way I feel is a dog-gone pityTeardrops are fallin’ down the mountainsideMany times I’ve been here, and many times I criedWe used to be so happy when we were in loveHigh on a mountain of love
Night after night, I’ve been standing here aloneWeeping my heart out ’til cold, gray dawnPrayin’ that you’re lonely and you come here tooHopin’ just by chance that I’ll get a glimpse of youTryin’ hard to find you somewhere I loveHigh on a mountain of love
The mountain of love, the mountain of loveYou should be ashamedWe used to be a mountain of loveBut you just changed you name
Way down below, there’s a half a million people (people told me)Somewhere there’s a church and a big, tall steeple (oh, yeah)Inside the church, there’s an alter filled with flowers (oh-oh-oh)Wedding bells are ringing and it should have been oursThat’s why I’m so lonely, our dream’s gone aboveHigh on a mountain of love
The mountain of love, the mountain of loveYou should be ashamedWe used to be a mountain of loveBut you just changed you name
Way down below, there’s a half a million people (people told me)Somewhere there’s a church and a big, tall steeple (oh, yeah)Inside the church, there’s an alter filled with flowers (oh-oh-oh)Wedding bells are ringing and it should have been oursThat’s why I’m so lonely, our dream’s gone aboveHigh on a mountain of loveHigh on a mountain of loveHigh on a mountain of loveHigh on a mountain of love
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