David Archuleta Smokey Mountain Memories Lyrics

Smokey Mountain Memories Lyrics

You ought to go north somebody told us 

Cause the air is filled with gold
dust 

And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands 

Now I don't
recall who said it 

But we'd lived so long on credit 

And so we
headed out to find our promised land 



Just poor Smoky Mountains
farm folk 

With nothing more than high hopes 

So we hitched our
station wagon to a star 

But our dreams all fell in on us 

Cause
there was no land of promise 

Though it's a stuggle just keepin' sight of
who you are 



Oh and these northern nights are dreary 

And my
southern heart is weary 

As I wonder how the old folks are back home 

But I know that they all love me 

And they're all thinking of me 

The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong 



You know I've been
thinkin' a whole lot lately 

About what's been and what awaits me 

It takes all I've got to give what life demands 

You go insane if you
give in to it 

Life's a mill and I've been through it 

I'm just
thankful I'm creative with my hands 



Oh and these northern nights
they're dreary 

And my southern eyes are teary 

As I wonder how the
old folks are back home 

But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus 

He'll
love and guide and lead us 

The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong




If I'll keep looking to the father 

Keep our heads above
the water 

While the Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong