He was born in the summer of his twenty seventh year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before.
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for ev'ry door.

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin' by a song.
But the strings already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long.

         But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
         I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
         The shadow from the starlight
         Is softer than a lullaby
         Rocky Mountain high,        Rocky Mountain high
 

He climbed Cathedral Mountains he saw silver clouds below
He saw ev'rything as far as you can see.
And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but he kept his memory.

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams
Seeking grace in ev'ry step he takes.
His sight has turned in side himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake.

        And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
        I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
        Talk to God and listen to the cas-ual  reply
        Rocky Mountain high,        Rocky Mountain high
 

Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend.
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people more scars up on the land.

        And the Colorado Mountain high
        I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
        I know he'd be a poorer man
        If he never saw an eagle fly.
        Rocky Mountain high,        Rocky Mountain high

        It's  a Colorado Mountain high
        I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
        Friends around the campfire
        And ev'rybody's high
        Rocky Mountain high,        Rocky Mountain high