Rocky Mountain TragedyVerse 1(Spoken)N.c.You Know They Say Every ManN.c.Has At Least One Good Story To TellN.c.But Alan Delaney Had Two(Spoken)One's A Story About A Woman Who Loved HimAnd Gave Him Two SonsBut Couldn't Forget Them Bright LightsGod That Made Him SadThe Others A Story About Tryin' To Be An Honest ManAnd That Killed Him.You See Alan Delaney Pushed A Steering WheelUp And Down The West CoastThat Is Until The Local Four Nineteen Moved InBaaad Buncha PiratesSeein's How Alan Owned His Own RigThey Talked To Him About Carrying These Little BundlesFrom San Francisco To VancouverWell He Knew They Wouldn't Take No For An AnswerSo He Decided It Was Time To RelocateWaaay Up In The Interior Of British Columbia(Sung)Well They Coaxed That Old Chrysler Three More MilesAnd They Drifted Into Mont Branch(?) At TenUnpacked The Kids Fourteen Bags Of GroceriesAnd Gently Carried Mary Jane InChorus 1And The Rockies Gonna Get YaOne Way Or AnotherIf The Sky Is Your FatherThen The Mountains Are Your MotherI've Been Searchin' All Day For YouBut You're Nowhere Near To Be FoundI've Been Looking EverywhereBut You're Just Not AroundWhat Have I Done Where Have You GoneWill You Be Back AgainWell I'll Be Waiting Here For YouAnd I'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenCome Back AgainI'll Be Waiting Here For YouCome Back AgainI'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenVerse 2(Spoken)You Know A Couple Of Winters On The High ChaparralKinda Have A Healin' Effect On A Man's MindThe Boys Were A Big HelpMary Jane's Sure She's Gonna Have A Girl This TimeAnd Old Flat Rate's Bound To Sell Him That Detroit DieselThings Were Aces For Alan Delaney(Sung)And Then Last Years Model A Nineteen Thirty Two CoupéHit Him At The RunawayThrew A Whisky BottleWhisky Bottle Full Of GasExploded As He Hit The PassAnd At Sixty-Five He Didn't Like His LuckChorus 2And The Rockies Gonna Get YaOne Way Or AnotherIf The Sky Is Your FatherThen The Mountains Are Your MotherWhat Was It That I Done To YouTo Make You Up And LeaveHave I Been Blind To My Own SelfTo Hurt You Then Not SeeWhat Have I Done Where Have You GoneWill You Be Back AgainWell I'll Be Waiting Here For YouAnd I'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenCome Back AgainI'll Be Waiting Here For YouCome Back AgainI'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenVerse 3(Spoken)Mary Jane Turned Off The Radio Made Herself A CoffeeAnd Sat There Pickin' At The LinoleumShe Realized She Wasn't Pinin' For The City Any LongerAlan Had Made Her And The Boys A Good Home Out Here In The MountainsAnd She Agreed That When He Came Home That Night She'd Tell HimBut Just As It's WrittenWhen One Door Opens Another Closes(Sung)The Scars On The Pavement Shows The Point Of EntryHe Had Chosen The Hard Way To The Valley FloorAnd As Those Cedars Ricochetted Off The Reo's FendersHe Took A Breath And Crossed Himself And Thought Of Her Once MoreChorus 1And The Rockies Gonna Get YaOne Way Or AnotherIf The Sky Is Your FatherThen The Rockies Are Your MotherBreakChorus 1Come Back AgainI'll Be Waiting Here For YouCome Back AgainI'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenCome Back AgainI'll Be Waiting Here For YouCome Back AgainI'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know WhenCome Back AgainI'll Be Waiting Here For YouCome Back AgainI'll Wait 'Til I Don't Know When