Mountain Of Love - Johnny Rivers (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Mountain Of Love (Johnny Rivers, 1964; Howard Dorman, 1960; Charlie Pride, 1982). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-05-09. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Mountain Of Love,' written by Howard Dorman, was Johnny Rivers' second top 10 hit landing at the no. 9 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964; writer Howard Dorman also charted with his penned song in 1960 rising to the no. 21 position on the Billboard chart (Whitburn, 2013). Charlie Pride also had a hit with "Mountain Of Love;" his recording topped the Hot Country Singles chart in 1981 (Whitburn, 1994).

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Lyrics:

Standing on a mountain looking down on a city
The way I feel is a doggone pity
Teardrops fallin' down a mountainside
Many times I've been here, many times I've cried
We used to be so happy when we were in love
High on a mountain of love

Night after night I'm a-standing here alone
Weepin' my heart out till cold gray dawn
Prayin' that you're lonely and you come here too
Hoping just by chance that I'll get a glimpse of you
Tryin' hard to find you, somewhere up above
High on a mountain of love

A mountain of love, a mountain of love, you should be ashamed
We used to be a mountain of love
But you just changed your name

Way down below there's a half a million people
Somewhere there's a church with a big tall steeple
Inside a church there's an altar filled with flowers
Wedding bells are ringin' and they shoulda been ours
That's why I'm so lonely, my dreams gone above
High on a mountain of love

A mountain of love, a mountain of love, you should be ashamed now
Used to be a mountain of love
But you just changed your name

Way down below there's a half a million people
Somewhere there's a church with a big tall steeple
Inside a church there's an altar filled with flowers
Wedding bells are ringin' that shoulda been ours
That's why I'm so lonely, dream gone above
High on a mountain of love

High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love